On 1 November I will be running 26.2 miles around New York - probably the craziest thing I've ever decided to do!

Many of you have had to listen to me saying that I will definitely run a marathon one day and what prompted me to finally bite the bullet and sign up was seeing an advert for Action for Children, an amazing charity which believes that we should never give up on children who have suffered hardship or neglect but do everything we can to help them towards a better life.

As you know, getting up early every sunday to run for three hours (and going to New York for any reason other than to shop) is not normal behaviour for me but I now have the blisters and the boring running chat to prove I am serious about this!

Any amount, however small, that you donate will go towards making a huge difference to a child's life by providing them with the things that most of us take for granted - a safe, happy home and someone who cares about us.

Thank you so much for your support.

Ceri xx

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