Jake Coates

Jake's 300,000 steps

Fundraising for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity
£7,910
raised of £10,000 target
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
In memory of Emmy Coates
The 'Emmy Coates Thyroid Cancer Research Fund' raises money for the Head and Neck Unit at The Royal Marsden Hospital.

Story

I'm running 10 marathons (a little over 300000 strides by my reckoning!) in just under 2 months. 

Starting on February 24th 2018 with the Northumberland trail marathon and finishing with the London Marathon on April 22nd 2018 I will be running a combination of trail and road marathons aiming to run London in less than 3 hours! Well - that's the plan anyway!! (Training is a fraction behind schedule!!) Sadly I won't be running with my Molly but she'll be at the finishing line waiting for me for an action photo - she does love a selfie!

I am doing all this to raise money for the wonderful institution that is The Royal Marsden Hospital. They looked after my beautiful wife when she was diagnosed with incurable cancer from March 2016 until she passed away in June 2017. Fundraising for them feels almost inadequate after everything they did for us and continue to do for me now but I feel it is the very least i can do.  

Anyone wanting to read more about Emmy's story can do so by visiting www.mollivers.com. But in short she was the bravest, kindest and most inspiring and beautiful girl that you could ever hope to meet and it is with the greatest honour that I continue to raise money in her loving memory and for the incredible hospital that looked after her. 

I have to raise £2000 for my place in the London Marathon but i am hoping to raise much more than that so please give generously and let's see what we can do!! 

Jake's Marathon schedule!

1. Feb 24th - Northumberland trail marathon

2. March 11th - Cambridge Boundary Marathon

3. March 17th - Sussex trail marathon

4,5,6. March 23-25th - Jurassic trail ultra (3 marathons in 3 days!)

7. March 30th - Good Friday marathon in Milton Keynes 

8. April 7th - Exmoor trail marathon

9. April 15th - Boston Marathon (Lincoln, UK)

10. April 22nd - The big one!!! - The London Marathon!!!!

Thank you all so much in advance! Love you all!

Wish me luck! ;) x

Share this story

Help Jake Coates

Sharing this page with your friends could help raise up to 3x more in donations

You can also help by sharing this link on

About the campaign

The 'Emmy Coates Thyroid Cancer Research Fund' raises money for the Head and Neck Unit at The Royal Marsden Hospital.

About the charity

We raise money solely to support The Royal Marsden, a world-leading cancer centre. From funding state-of-the-art equipment and ground-breaking research, to creating the very best patient environments, we will never stop looking for ways to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.

Donation summary

Total raised
£7,909.48
+ £1,294.25 Gift Aid
Online donations
£7,909.48
Offline donations
£0.00

* Charities pay a small fee for our service. Find out how much it is and what we do for it.