I was accepted to run London 2024 however a car crash had wrecked my back so I deferred for London 2025.

I am running for Marie Curie. Cancer has been a part of my family for as long as I can remember, my nanny, my granda, my mum, my aunt and many other members of the extended family.

This year, actually last month (at the time of writing this in April 2024), we lost my Aunt Gill to cancer. She was only 53. Gill was like a big sister to me, she was my biggest advocate in life, always pushing me on, telling me I could do it when I felt like I couldn't, she took me to my first ever run at the Valley 11 years ago and sat in the car for nearly 2 hours in the pissing rain waiting for me to complete the sports relief 6 miles. Every run, she was one of the first people to get the medal selfie sent to.

In 2020 Gill was diagnosed with breast cancer, from then she ended up with it in her lymph nodes, brain, spine, other breast and probably a lot more than we knew, she fought, and fought but it was too much. We lost her on 14th March 2024 and my world fell apart, the one person I would have bitched and moaned to was gone. It is hard, really hard to come to terms with it. She was too young.

Marie Curie nurses were incredible, they were there the last few weeks making her as comfortable as possible and supporting the family.

I always said I would only ever attempt 1 marathon in my life and it had to be London, So here goes, bring it on London 2025.