I will be running the 2023 London Marathon as part of the Slimming World Team for Cancer Research UK.

I went to watch my Mum run the London Marathon in October 2021, I remember feeling so overwhelmed by the amount of motivated runners everywhere but I struggled to follow my Mum around to course and support her as various points. My Dad then took a picture of us after the marathon at Trafalgar Square, I hated this photo as I didn’t realise that was how I looked to other people. 

I then decided to enter the London Landmarks Half Marathon which was taking place in April 2022 as I really wanted to start running, I started the couch to 5k training plan, I got to week 4 and knew I needed to lose weight to carry on running as I needed to look after my body. I joined a Slimming World group in Peterborough in November 2021. fast forward 12 months I have lost a total of 3stone and 10lbs, ran the London Landmarks and Great Eastern Run half marathon! 

It is a complete honour to run as part of the Slimming World team, if it wasn’t for joining Slimming World I wouldn’t have been able to complete the couch to 5k plan, let alone run a marathon! So to run the London Marathon a year and a half after my weight loss journey started is a complete dream come true!