We are running the Edinburgh Marathon in support of Alice's Arc, and in honour of our friend Alice.

We first met Alice in 2014 when she was a mischievous toddler who had just welcomed baby sister Sophie to the family.

In March 2015, at the age of three, Alice was diagnosed with stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, following the appearance of a lump on her neck. She had 20 months of chemotherapy and proton radiation in the US.  Alice spent one year in remission before her cancer returned in February 2018. She underwent 6 months of relapse chemotherapy and a specialist surgical procedure with brachytherapy, known as AMORE, in Amsterdam. Alice spent almost a year clear of cancer before masses were detected in her abdomen and pelvis in July 2019. There were no options left. Alice died, aged 7, in October 2019, over 4.5 years after her diagnosis.

Alice's Arc is a children's cancer charity set up by Alice's family dedicated to funding research into finding a cure and less harsh treatments for Rhabdomyosarcoma.

To learn more about the pioneering work Alice's Arc does click here: https://www.alicesarc.org/