Having struggled my way through the Royal Parks 1/2 marathon in October 2016 I was hoping to retire from this running lark and head back to the yoga studio! Then I found out I got a place in the London Marathon... so I guess I'm going to keep on running. Why? Because ActionAid is doing such amazing work in this world and this is an incredible opportunity to help them keep doing it.

I'm going to be slow. It's going to be really tough. But I'm determined to finish!

Any donation, no matter how big or small, makes a huge difference! Knowing doing this run will be helping to empower women and girls all around the world will help me to keep going for 26 (probably quite painful) miles.

Thanks so much xxx