I have decided to run the London marathon with MND association to increase the awareness of this awful disease and help the research into finding a cure.

In March 2016, my auntie was diagnosed with Motor neurone disease and fought with it for 3 years. The disease itself is a horrible, hopeless disease that gradually stops messages from the motor neurones reaching the muscles. With no cure, it leaves you to continue life knowing each day will get worse and you having to carry on fighting. The charity is there to help provide a light for these people and families when that almost feels impossible. 

Motor neurone disease cannot be cured and cannot be prevented. It can happen to anybody. It affects the families and friends just as much as the person suffering from it as they constantly live on a fear of things getting worse. The grief of the families begins at the day of diagnosis and it's so important that there is enough support for everyone going through that. 

Rob Burrows (Leeds Rhinos rugby player) has also recently been diagnosed with MND and going to a university in Leeds I've seen the unbelievable support that has been with him and I couldn't want anything more than to help contribute to that.

I hope you're able to donate something even if its small, it'll mean the world to me and increase the smile that'll be on my face at the finish line (a very red face).

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