Hey guys and girls, thanks so much for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I am running the Royal Parks Half-marathon on Sunday 9th October to raise money for Bowel Cancer UK, which is a charity very close to my heart.

One of my best friends mums has recently passed away due to being diagnosed with Bowel Cancer. It all happened so quickly and after being diagnosed was only given a few short months to live. She was a kind hearted and hard-working lady who I really respected a lot. It's a very sad time and I can't even begin to imagine what my friend is going through, but this is something I wanted to do to show my support and also to help raise some money for a really worthy cause.  

I've never done anything like this before, so its gonna be a bit of a struggle, and I don't particularly like running :s I've been training for a few weeks now and its going pretty well, although the longest I've ran is about 10k, which is about a third of the distance I'll be running on the 9th October, and 10k seems long enough!  

Anyway, the charity have asked me to raise a minimum amount of money, hence the reason for this page...

Any donations that you guys can make will be greatly appreciated and give me the extra bit of encouragement I need to get home from work and go on these long runs. Even a couple of quid here or there will be appreciated....they all add up! :)

Thanks so much !

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