Thank you so much for supporting Macmillan!

I'm running this Half for a very important person in my family, Grandpa Crossley (now the 'crosl' - see below*). Last July, my Grandpa was diagnosed with late stage liver cancer and has since been diagnosed with skin cancer. Undeniably, I think my whole family would agree that this past year has been a difficult one, particularly for my grandparents. Grandpa is the rock of our family and without him, we wouldn't be who we are. The way he's handled the past year has shown us all how we can take on difficult things too so I'll be running for him and the inspiration that he is.

I'm also running to raise funding for Macmillan Cancer Support. As a family, I think we recognise that despite the past year being difficult, Grandpa has been able to access necessary treatment and continues to be in the hands of excellent doctors. However, we also recognise that not everyone is as lucky and can access care as quickly as Grandpa was able to (he worked as a gastroenterologist). Supporting Macmillan, therefore, gives us as a family a chance to support others going through similar times.

We'd be so grateful for any donations - your details are safe and any funds will be directed straight to Macmillan.

Thank you!

The Crossleys

*Grandpa Crossley is now to be known as the 'crosl' - I tried to get '4crsly' printed on my race shirt but didn't realise I only had 5 characters so the shirt has arrived as '4crsl' so Grandpa is now the 'crosl' ...