I will be running this years London marathon on behalf of my dad, Terry. He himself was one of the 100,000 people who suffer from stroke annually. Across 2020/2021 Dad endured three Strokes, and has since made near enough a seamless full-recovery.

But unfortunately the same can't be said for some of the other 1.3 million UK stroke survivors, which is why I am choosing to fundraise for the Stroke Association.The Stroke Association are the UK's leading stroke charity, delivering amazing, life-changing support to over 70,000 stroke survivors and their families each year.

Despite Dad trying his hardest to persude us all to let him run his fourth London Marathon, we collectively decided it was one of his more stupid ideas, I'm sure his doctor would agree too! So, for Dad, i’ll be running my first, and most probably only marathon.

Thank you for your donations. I'll see you all in 26.2 Miles.

Cian x

Without people raising funds for the Stroke Association they could not provide the support and research that they do. Your donations are so important to rebuilding lives after stroke.Where your support goes:- £80 could allow a a stroke survivor to attend a six week communication computer course- £199 could pay for one hour of Helpline activity- £310 could pay for the initial training and expenses of a befriending volunteer- £1,685 could pay for a fitness coach to provide stroke specific exercise rehabilitation- £40,000 funds a Lectureship Award for stroke doctor, nurse, therapist or scientist for a year- £450,000 fully funds a Priority Programme Award in haemorrhagic stroke, vascular dementia and stroke, or the psychological and cognitive impact of stroke, which would run over the course of 5 years