Last summer I spent time collecting donations on the streets of Winchester for MacMillan. This put me in an incredibly privileged position, to be able to hear first-hand how MacMillan has supported so many people. I was touched by the stories I heard that day, as well as by the amount of money we collected so I decided that I wanted to do more to help such a fantastic charity.

Sadly we're all touched by cancer, MacMillan makes sure that cancer patients and their families don't need to go through it alone and it is this support that I think makes this charity so special. 

I'm hoping to raise over £2,000, which seems a lot, but when you break it down it really isn't. £28 could pay for a MacMillan nurse to spend an hour with a patient. If I can get 80 people to sponsor me £1 for every mile that I'm going to run then I'll make my target (a marathon is 26.2 miles in case you're not sure!).

The real challenge is going to be running, non-stop, for more than 4 hours - I'm aiming to complete the course in less than 5 hours and every pound I can raise for MacMillan will keep me going. I'm not the most experienced or the fastest runner so the training starts now!! Please help to keep me motivated to run through the winter months.