I am hoping to raise £100 for Cancer Research, the UK's leading cancer charity. They are the country's leading organisation in funding research to helping discover a cure for the terminal illness. I know a few people in my life who have lost loved ones through cancer, and unfortunately; cancer could affect up to one in three of us reading this story in the future!

Plus the fact that the 2014 Mizuno Reading Half Marathon will be the greatest sporting challenge I have ever attempted, and with your support and generosity, it will be a very worthy cause!

So please kindly donate to Cancer Research, any amount is very much appreciated. Thank you!