Toronto waterfront marathon + Shaving head for charity!

As you can hopefully see from the picture I will be running the Toronto waterfront marathon for Victim Support. As a bonus target, I’ll be shaving my head once donations reach £1000 (the hair will be donated to the little princess trust). This will be my first haircut in 17 years and going in with a buzz cut is certainly going to be a shock 😛. 

The money raised will be donated to Victim Support, a charity very close to my heart. After my Dad was killed in a violent attack at his home at the end of 2020, me and my family were left devastated. Right from the start Victim Support were there to support us, providing counselling, support and help dealing with our loss and the court cases which followed. 

Now, I’m looking to try and give back so any victims of crime and families of victims of crime can get the same support we did. 

The Toronto waterfront marathon on October 16th will be the 2-year anniversary of my Dad’s death and a very emotional day for me. I’m sure I’ll look a little crazy running around at 100kg (16 stone), with my freshly-shaved head, randomly crying, but it’s worth it to raise money for a good cause. Any donation is appreciated and any other support would be great too. Share, like, tell people… even coming along on a training run to help me get out of the door when the mileage is getting high 😛!

I’ll be posting weekly updates on my Instagram if anybody wants to follow my training. I’ll get some posts on Facebook too and link my Strava for anybody on there. Obviously there’ll be pictures after the shave (if the target is hit). 

If you want to come on a run, message me and we can sort a day - anybody is welcome. 

Thanks for taking the time to read and thanks in advance for any support or help with this cause 🙂.

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