Updated on Jan 20th 2013 at 3:38 PM from the JustGiving API

Halfway there in 48hrs, thank you so much for the support.

Dear Friends

As most of you know we lost Yvonne to Lung cancer on the 5th May last year. We owe a debt of thanks to you, our friends, for your unwavering support over what was a difficult time. We also owe thanks to the Nurses at Macmillan. They made such a difference to both Yvonne and to us as a family. To that end Toby, Ben and I have chosen to run the Silverstone Half Marathon on the 3rd March to raise funds for a very worthy cause indeed.

I last trained for something like this in 1984 for the Berlin marathon 29 years ago (Ouch!).Then there were some outings with the Hash House Harriers in Nepal but that was still a while ago. While I'm getting acquainted with the bridleways of Oxfordshire (running!), Toby and Ben are in fiercely competitive spirits training on their lunch breaks in London. You can track our training on Strava.com

Yvonne was a good hand at many things, tennis, squash, singing, dancing, fancy dress, laughing, riding- horses mainly, although she would ride pillion on a motor cycle rather than miss out on having fun...the list goes on. While she was not a fan of running, she was incredibly enthusiastic and supportive about anything that benefited anyone or brought people together. So, it is with her cheering loudly in our minds that we run together for this excellent charity, knowing that the funds raised will do exactly that.

Please take a moment to click on the link and sponsor us. Thank you.

Lawrence