Last year i took part in my first ever half marathon in the Great Cumbrian run in Carlisle, i wanted to do the Great North run in Newcastle but missed the cut off.  This year i have managed to get a place in the event to run the 13.1 miles over at Newcastle and to make it even better i am running for the Great North Air Ambulance to raise money for them.

The Great North Air Ambulance is an amazing service that saves countless lives around the north.  With lots of rural areas and hospitals miles away we rely on the service so much, often the injured parties are needing taken to Newcastle hospital which would take hours in an ambulance.  I feel very lucky and proud to be running the event raising money for the charity, please donate whatever you can.

The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) operates three helicopters, 365 days a year, across the North-East, North Yorkshire and Cumbria. GNAAS crews respond to around 1,000 call outs each year and on board our aircraft are specialist trauma doctors and paramedics, who bring accident and emergency expertise to the scene. Whether its in a city centre or a remote mountain, our medics respond to wherever they are needed in the shortest space of time. The helicopters are never more than a 15-minute flight from the nearest hospital.