Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

When I first told Steven Byrne that I was doing the Total Warrior 10k up and down a load of hills in the Lake District, the laughter was both merciless and relentless. 

Once he'd calmed down, I told him that I wanted to donate anything raised to a charity of their choice. Without hesitation, they nominated Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital.

I am proud to be doing this as a small thank you to RMCH for the care, love and treatment given to Thomas Byrne in his courageous and ultimately victorious battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.

When I visited the hospital to see Thomas, I witnessed first hand how these amazing medical professionals treat their patients and families. It was humbling and moving but also awe-inspiring. 

Let's hope that someone will raise some more funds for me to pay for the medical bills etc when I finally get round the course.

No donation is too small (£50 minimum donation applies - kidding!!) so please give what you can. If you are unable to support financially, I would welcome any messages of support as I aim to take on my biggest challenge since telling the wife she had to stop spending!!  

Also, if I hit my target amount or more, my employer, The Co-operative will kindly donate an extra £100 to RMCH. A superb gesture.

Again, thank you for supporting this wonderful cause and I apologise in advance for the amount of moaning that I will do whilst I train for the event.

I just can't wait to run through those rivers, climb huge walls and crawl through those dark and dank tunnels......

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Thank you very much.

Ste