Doddie's story has transcended the rugby world. To fearlessly face down his diagnosis and improve the research landscape for people living with MND is mind-blowing. And to have done it with a smile never far from his lips, and humour punctuating every call to action, Doddie is an inspiration. Doddie Aid is a way for us all to do our little bit to help him and the Foundation in the quest to find better treatments for MND.

I challenge myself to 7 miles a day. This is the the equivalent of 15k steps per day. This will be so tough considering that my job involves a lot of driving and sitting in front of a computer a lot. I average around 9k steps a day currently so this will be a huge challenge

To me MND is one of those diseases that has not been given a lot of air time, and for me personally I have wanted to support this disease for some time. A dear sports teacher of mine sadly was taken too soon by this cruel disease and I promised his family I would support this charity and research.

Please help me reach my target of £1000 and I promise I will go over and above reaching my target of 7 miles/15k steps a day for the duration of the challenge