Hi thanks for thinking about supporting me and my charity Jessie May.

I still have to pinch myself when I think I am going to run a full marathon of 26.2 miles!!! The journey started when I did what everyone does and watched the London Marathon and entered the ballot. At the time I thought it wouldn't affect me if I didn't get a number but it did! My wonderful girls running club Sole Sisters convinced me to enter Manchester the week after London - 26.2 miles is 26.2 miles!

I started training 3/4 times a week back in January. I have done half marathons but running two back to back is very scary! We have slowly been upping the mileage and we have just run our longest training run of 22.2 miles. We ran from Bath Spa train station to Bristol Parkway via Frampton Cotterell! It shocks Adrian every time i tell him where we have been. Speaking about my fantastic partner Adrian, he has been looking after the kids every saturday morning to let me do this - love you to bits but you still have to sponsor me!

As part of my job as a Community Paediatrician I work in a team with therapists, nurses, specialists, social workers and charitable trusts to make chilren's lives easier. Jessie May is one of those charitable trusts and provides care for terminally ill children in their own home. They are entirely charity funded so as a thankyou for their hard work I chose them as my charity for the Manchester Marathon. Please sponsor me! 

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