My running journey as a whole has been a marathon and not a sprint (haha!), from exercise-avoidance in my early life, to embracing the C25K programme when my kids started school, and finally running a 10k in April 2023, but I want to carry on challenging myself, so why not increase that distance in 2024??

After my last 10K, I became quite unwell with some kind of respiratory illness, which meant that I didn't run at all for four months, and ended up with a recurrence of the asthma that was previously under control. Entering this race has given me the boost I needed to get back out there and start training in earnest.

Lewis-Manning Hospice Care is a brilliant, caring local charity so I am delighted to be raising money for them - thank you so much for your support!