This year I am planning on pushing by body and mind to the limit running a really long way to raise awareness and funds for the Bone Cancer Research Trust.

I intend to build the run distance throughout the year including the Cambridge Half Marathon, London Marathon, Peak District 100 km to ultimately culminate at the 217 km Ring of Fire, where over 3-days I will run the entire circumference of Anglesey.

If you want to follow my progress as I train for this goal I have a blog that I will be updating: https://effectiverunning.godaddysites.com/

I am putting myself through this to raise funds for the excellent Bone Cancer Research Trust that has been a rock for my mother-in-law Sherralyn as she has gone through her challenges with bone cancer.

Every 10 minutes somewhere another child, teenager or adult is diagnosed with this brutal disease and they face a 5-year chance of survival at little over 50%. This drops even further if the disease is discovered late and has already progressed.

The Bone Cancer Research Trust is the only charity dedicated to this disease, it is a small but national charity based in Leeds, UK. They fund ground-breaking research, life-saving awareness initiatives and provide dedicated and trustworthy information and support to patients and all their loved ones... All without any government funding. They rely 100% on people like you supporting their work through donations.

Their work has never been so crucial and vital. Figures from the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) have shown that research into primary bone cancer continues to be critically underfunded, with the main UK charities allocating just 0.02%