My amazing friend Alex Lewis died on 17th February 2011, just 5 days after his 22nd birthday and the day he married my best friend Ali Lewis. Emma and I have decided to run the Wirral 10k in October to raise money for Bone Cancer Research Trust in memory of Alex.

Around 450 people are diagnosed with bone cancer each year in the UK and Republic of Ireland, mainly affecting children and young people between the ages of 10 and 24. The most common types of bone cancer are osteosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma.

BCRT sets out to improve the outcome for people with primary bone cancer through research, awareness, information and support. As bone cancer is rare, research into primary bone cancer currently gets very little funding from other sources. So please dig deep :)

Thank you very much,

Joanna and Emma