I'm running the 2019 Cardiff University/Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday 6th October.

Well the opening paragraph is the official line - I'm hoping to complete this to prove to myself you can do anything if you set your mind to it (NO PAIN, NO GAIN....)! Plus for those that know me, then the last 12 months my family have been visited by that unwelcome invader known as *C*A*N*C*E*R* ... grrrrr! Hopefully we have kicked it into touch for the time being, but let's eradicate this evil disease once and for all. I know a lot of others have not been so lucky. Besides, as I type this, October seems a long way off...