Hello! And welcome to my JustGiving page :)

I'll keep this brief(-ish). It's now over 14 years since my brothers & I lost our mum to cancer, which granted is a long time but the memories remain and there's still a hole in our lives where she should be.

For those reading this that don't know the story, mum first was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was about 7 years old. Various treatments and a mastectomy later, she went into remission. The disease returned when I was roughly 13, and she fought it bravely as it took her mobility, her strength and eventually her life, finally passing away in March 1999 when I was 17 years old. Our father followed her four years later.

There's no denying the impact this had on our lives, a similar impact felt by countless others throughout the world. So I want to do something, while I still can, to help stop this disease! However small, if everyone does a little bit it all makes a difference :)

Hence I'm, along with my fabulous other half David Patton, going to run a half marathon in memory of my mum, raise a few pounds for Cancer Research and hopefully our little physical contribution - and your financial one - will make a difference to some other family.

So why running? Well, it's pretty tough but I'm strangely addicted to it. And if a half marathon was easy, you wouldn't sponsor us to do it, would you!? 

And so here's the stuff you need to know...

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So please dig deep into those pockets of yours and donate now :)