Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Over the last two years both my sisters have gone through the awful but necessay process of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Both live in rural areas and both had to travel long distances for treatment. Luckily both were given support and help by charities which provide accomodation for patients in their position. About 5 months ago i decided to do some running and really didnt like it much and spent (still do at times) a lot of time moaning and complaining about how much i hated it. One night as i was yet again moaning it occured to me that i had chosen to run, I could stop at any point wheras my sisters had no choice in any of the things that were happening to them, they didnt choose to get cancer, treatment wasnt really a choice and no matter how bad i felt trying to catch my breath running it would never compare to what they had to deal with.

So ashamed was I that when my dear friend Lorna who persuaded me to run in the first place suggested that we could run a half marathon 12 weeks in the future I said yes, completely lacking i any belief whatsover that it would be possible...so here I am 5 weeks to go, having managed longer runs than I ever thought possible, but still a long way from the 13.1 miles the run will cover...I will just add 6 months ago I had never run before, apart from bus catching.

I hope I can do it and I hope you dont mind me asking for your support, for both me and the charity.

Thank you :)