Thank you so much for all your support. We are close to £4,000 now including Just‘s £500 and giftaid. It was a great experience, the injury was there but held out, the supporters were amazing and really gave a boost when it got challenging. And Manchester was awesome, as it always is. 4:24:51. Roll on next year…!

I’m hoping to raise money for three good causes. Prostate cancer research UK, Colostomy UK and the Mailforce Ukraine appeal. Ideally i would like to split the money raised equally between the three charities - but this means you need to put in three equal donations on the linked pages - i hope that is not too much trouble! Right now the marathon feels like a daunting task. Before starting this training the furthest I had run was just over 13 miles in various half marathons. My furthest run has been beaten in successive weekends recently. It currently stands at 19 miles with an even longer training run to come this Sunday. Unfortunately i have picked up an injury and at the moment I‘m just hoping i can make it to start (and finish!) the run - sadly my plans for a target run time seem rather ambitious right now.

thank you very much for any donation you can make. It all makes a real difference. Also thank you to my employer Just group plc which will kindly match donations up to £500.00.