Thank you for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

2014's challenge is to run the Barcelona and Paris Marathon only three weeks apart! Both marathons are self funded (excuse for a mini break!) so all of your donations go straight to Cancer Research.

I ran the London Marathon 2013 and it was the toughest challenge I have faced but also one of the best moments in my life! Unfortunately I did not make my target time due to injury but I am more than determined to make it next year.

I am running for Cancer Research as I think it is an amazing charity and almost everyone is affected by Cancer, directly or indirectly at some point in their lives.

Where your money goes:

• £10 could buy 300 glass slides for studying cells and tumour samples in detail under the microscope.
• £30 could buy around 250 plastic Petri dishes. They're an essential resource for thousands of scientists who are working hard to understand cancer.
• £54 could buy 22 thermometers (range -10°C to 110°C) – indispensable for many experiments that need to be performed at very precise temperatures.
• £94 could cover the cost for one woman to take part in a clinical trial aiming to improve survival for post-menopausal women with early-stage breast cancer.
• £123 could fund one cancer information nurse for a day. Our experienced cancer information nurses provide a confidential service for anyone with concerns about cancer.
• £260 could buy a sophisticated microarray; a powerful piece of technology, helping scientists to scrutinise thousands of genes in a single experiment, and identify which are switched on in cancer.
• £677 could cover the cost of one person taking part in a clinical trial testing chemotherapy before and after surgery, and the antibody drug Vectibix, to improve survival for bowel cancer patients.
• £1,000 could cover around 22 days running expenses for an important lab project into a type of children's cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma. The study aims to identify molecules that are involved in driving tumour growth, and this could lead to improved treatments so that more children survive the disease in the future.

Thank you for your donation x