I am running the Manchester Marathon on 16th April to raise money for Bowel Cancer UK. My Dad passed away from this awful disease last year and I wanted to raise some money on his behalf.

Most of you know I love to run, so training and running a marathon would not be a huge undertaking for me.  So to justify asking for funds, I felt it needed to involve both a challenge and a sacrifice. 

Challenge - A time goal of sub 3h 38mins.  I last ran a marathon 4 years ago in 2019 in London.  I trained really hard for this time, which is why it's taken a while to pluck up the courage to attempt to beat it.  This goal will be a huge challenge and putting it out there terrifies me.

Sacrifice - Give up alcohol during training.  I have sacrificed one of my great pleasures in life, a glass of wine or 3. This has been particularly challenging due the fact that, well, I love wine, but also due to birthdays and nights out, but I've stayed strong.  Roll on April 16th!!

If you are still reading this, thank you! I don't have a cash target to raise, I would just like to do something in my Dads memory. I know times are currently hard so if you cant spare anything no problem, but if you can it would be much appreciated.  Michele xx