In November 2017 my wife Jen and I were blessed with the arrival of our firstborn Alice 'Ann Helena' Latimer. As a husband and wife, we had taken our first steps into parenthood. Life was really good! Naturally, Jen and I wanted Alice to have a sibling and to our delight by the following Autumn Jen fell pregnant again, but what we never foresaw was that early scans determined it was TWINS! To be specific, identical twins.

Life was buzzing along well until mid-December in 2018 when at a routine 18 week scan we received the devastating news that the twins both had no heartbeat. It's that devastating news no one can prepare a couple for. As the days passed in a fog of grief, our twin boys Robin and Noah were born. We later learned our boys had died of a condition named 'Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome'. This is a rare but potentially fatal condition that affects 10-15% of identical twins who share a placenta. For us, nature had cruelly denied our boys a chance at life and our chance at completing our family.

I hope I have given you a little insight into ours lives and more importantly the reason why I'm taking on this marathon challenge. This is my way of raising a sum of money that will go towards the Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome research with the hope of gathering crucial data for future treatments so that more babies can survive.