Hi all.

Five years after the last fundraising challenge in memory of Sophie Moolman, we've decided to go again! Last time we amazingly raised over £10k for Rebecca House Children's hospice.

If you're keen to learn details of the 2019 challenge, how phenomenally tough it was (and give context on how crazy the next one is going to be), check the two videos found here.

Sophie would've turned 13 on NYD 2024 if not taken from us suddenly aged just 7 in March 2018 by Acute Myocarditis.

This latest challenge will push me far further than the last, with lots of other contributing fundraising events (raffles, cake bakes, sponsored walks etc.) to contribute to the final amount.

All proceeds will be split 50/50 between the SCBU / Neonatal unit of Noble Hospital IoM (who helped Sophie on her way into life) and Rebecca House Children's Hospice (who were there on her way out of life).

Please give what you can to these two fantastic causes, you can track my progress on the challenge and be kept informed of other fundraising events on this page.

My challenge

1) Run for 400 consecutive days (from Wed 20th Dec 2023 to Wed 22nd Jan 2025). 24TH JAN UPDATE: COMPLETE! RAN 401 CONSECUTIVE DAYS!

2) Run 3500 miles over the 400 days (on average 8.75 miles per day). 24TH JAN UPDATE: COMPLETE! RAN 3,506 MILES OVER THE 400 DAYS!

3) No 'easy cheats' (no walking, cycling or running on treadmills - all runs must be outside - rain, snow or shine). 24TH JAN UPDATE: COMPLETE! NO WALKING, CYCLING OR RUNNING ON TREADMILLS AT ANY POINT, ALL RUNS WERE OUTSIDE REGARDLESS OF WEATHER CONDITIONS!

4) Complete several big marathon and ultra-marathon events during the 400 days. Including pacing my eldest son Bailey to his first marathon in Paris in April 2024. 24TH JAN UPDATE: COMPLETE!

5) Run 4 marathons in 4 weeks in April (and Tokyo mazza in March!) - these being Brighton, Boston UK, Boston USA and London marathons. The latter will also see me complete my SECOND six-star major medal (having completed my first at Tokyo in March 2024!). 24TH JAN UPDATE: THIS PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS NEXT!

Thanks for reading and please do join me on a run at any point, the company will be most welcome, pace doesn't matter.

All runs will be shown on my Strava page here - https://www.strava.com/athletes/11516605