In 2016 I was hospitalised for 4 weeks with a new heart failure diagnosis. Since then I have worked to live well with the condition and to take the second chance I've been given and live life to the full.

In 2025 I'll be running the Rome Marathon, Rob Burrow's Leeds Marathon and the Leeds Endure24 endurance race. These will be my 7th and 8th marathons, all since receving my heart failure diagnosis.

In the time since being told I have heart failure Pumping Marvellous have been there in the forefront of the support I have received and are a key reason why I have managed to do things I'd never have imagined pre heart failure.

The Pumping Marvellous Foundation are driven by the needs of heart failure patients, carers and family communities we serve. We get to the real crux of the problems, the problems that patients tell us they have. Our communities are large and we have superb interactions with them, we run the largest Facebook page dedicated to Heart Failure globally so we fully understand the needs and challenges they face. We develop and distribute patient information to the vast majority of NHS Heart Failure Teams in the UK.