Everyone knows someone who has been affected by cancer. It's a truly crappy group of diseases that do not discriminate nor hold any compassion or restraint.

The better the research into them, the better the treatment and therefore the better the chance of fighting back.

The least I can do is put my mid-40s body through the challenge of running the 2025 TCS London Marathon. I managed it once 11 years ago and almost fell apart at the knees, declaring I'd never do it again.

So more than a decade on, it makes very little sense to try again with a body that's far older and even more knackered and broken, but that all seems so trivial compared to what I'm trying to raise money for.

Any amount, whatever you can contribute, would be hugely appreciated and will certainly spur me on through the training and then the day itself. Even if I have to crawl over the finish line in April, at least we will have all helped fight back against something that causes so much pain to so many.

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