I’m running the Great North Run this year, for Pancreatic cancer because I lost my Dad in November, so quickly to this horrible disease. From diagnosis to him passing was just 4 weeks and it’s devastated us.

Dad always came to watch me run, would be there at the start line and find his way to the finish to give me a hug.It seems the perfect way to raise money for this charity in the hope that others won’t lose their loved ones like we did.

It’s unacceptable that more than half of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die within 3 months. Survival rates have improved enormously for most cancers, yet for pancreatic cancer, this is not the case. Pancreatic Cancer UK is dedicated to taking on this injustice using every possible means. They're supporting people with pancreatic cancer now, campaigning, and funding vital research to transform the future. Help them to make the breakthroughs that people with pancreatic cancer so desperately need.