Hello everyone. On Sunday the 20th of October 2024 I will be putting on my running shoes again and running the Eden Marathon.

I'm hoping to raise as much money for the Raising4Ria fund as possible. Raising4Ria is a fundraising group within the charity Brain Tumour Research. It was set up by Ria Melvin's family in her memory to help raise as much money as possible to fund research into brain tumour treatments to improve outcomes and ultimately find a cure.

Ria died in August 2021 ,aged just 25, from a Glioblastoma Grade 4 Brain Tumour 2 years 7 months after diagnosis despite undergoing all available treatment options.

Ria is my partner Kaz's sister. I never had the privilege of meeting Ria yet I feel honored I have got to know her through Kaz, her parents Carol and Neil and her wider family. I have seen the impact she had, and continues to have on their lives as well as the pain her loss has caused. Ria is - by far - the most important person I will never get to meet.

Brain tumour research receives less than 1% of national funding despite killing more children and adults under 40 than any other cancer, we want to play our part to change this awful stat.

Any donation; big or small will make a difference. I would love to try and match or exceed the amount raised by completing last years Eden Marathon.