The British Heart Foundation, who work to make “a world free of heart and circulatory diseases”. With two of us in healthcare, we have obviously encountered these conditions professionally, and seen the benefit of research into cures and treatments in our careers.

There are however more personal reasons as Deb talks about the tragic death of her husband Steve age 43, despite being extremely fit, dying suddenly of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - a congenital condition he was completely unaware of. “It has been a dream to compete in the world’s toughest row, stretching myself beyond anything I would have ever thought possible prior to Steve’s death, and an opportunity to help promote a charity obviously now close to my heart (pun intended)”.