I am running the Royal Parks Half Marathon because I wanted to set myself a personal growth challenge and this was an ideal opportunity to really stretch myself, at the same time as raising money for a charity I firmly believe in!  I have never run this distance before and am looking forward to the training and experience it will offer.  While this is personally challenging for me it is nothing in comparison to what cancer patients and their families have to face. The World Cancer Research Fund is working to educate people in the best ways possible to help lower our cancer risk. I hope that the money I raise might save at least one person from facing their own personal battle.