Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I had a place in last years Virgin London Marathon, but for various reasons outside of my control, I was unable to take part - so my entry has been held over to the 2012 race.

In the meantime, my Dad sadly passed away from prostrate cancer. During his last year he was superbly looked after by Macmillan nurses, so I want to raise money for them as a thank you in his memory - and hopefully you will sponsor me to do enable me to do this.

To make it a bit more of a challenge (as if running the marathon wasn't enough!), I've come up with the following. I last ran the marathon 12 years ago and did it in 3hrs 40 or thereabouts. So my challenge is this. I'm going to try to run it in 3 hrs 39 or less! If I don't, I will match the money that has been pledged by everyone else, to a maximum of £1,000 of my money (just in case this goes viral or something and it all goes a bit silly!) So, for example, if you all raise £600 in total, I will add a further £600 of my own money if it takes me longer than 3:39 to complete the course.

So - please sponsor me. In the meantime, I'd better get training!