Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

As many of you will know, after running my first marathon (London, 2009), I said never again.  And I meant it.  Then, almost two years ago, my mother Monica was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive and incurable womb cancer.

Mum was always very supportive of my running efforts and when we were talking about the prospect of life without her I promised to run a race in her memory.  A marathon is the least I could do for a woman who touched the lives of me and so many others so deeply.

I am raising money for the hospice who supported as all in the months following Mum's diagnosis and leading up to her death.  I don't know how I would have coped at such a difficult time without the team at St Francis, and Mum was able to relax knowing that there was "someone who knew what they were doing" only a phonecall away at most.

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So please dig deep and donate now, because this really is the last one!