As part of Nova's charity partnership with HEY Smile, I'm running my first marathon to raise funds to support their work.

Empowering charities, people, and communities is the heartbeat of the HEY Smile Foundation. They provide infrastructure support to charities and charitable organisations in Hull and the Humber to help them to grow, develop and thrive. This includes support for organisations in crisis, trying to meet the increasing demand and pressures on their services, especially in the current climate. They turn need into action, listen to local communities, identify common problems, and find shared solutions. They work with partners across all sectors, joining the dots to unlock resources back into the community.

Although I've been a semi regular runner over the last decade this will be my first go at completing the 26mile challenge.

Having signed up back in January, I've (sort of) been sticking to an intense 12 week training programme which I hope will see me over the finish line on April 14th.

Any donations will be very much appreciated and go towards supporting a great cause.