About Beating Bowel Cancer

Beating Bowel Cancer is a charity close to my heart as my Aunt is a bowel cancer sufferer who has found their support invaluable since her treatment began. They are always there at the end of the phone to talk and their easy to read booklets cut out the jargon doctors use. They have helped her to work with the medical team providing her care, allowing her to take charge of her own treatment. In return, my Aunt volunteers to speak on behalf of sufferers, even speaking at the House of Commons! She is an inspiration to me and I have been moved to help raise money to continue this important support for others who are facing the diagnosis and treatment of bowel cancer. I'd like to say a huge "thank you" to everyone that has helped my fundraising to get off to a stunning start - £105 raised already! It would be great if I could smash my target... if you'd like to make a donation please visit my Just Giving page here. Miles run in training: 12 Pounds raised: 105

Starting out...

It's official! I will be running the Great North Run for Beating Bowel Cancer in September! My fundraising pack has arrived through the post so this is where the hard work starts. Believe it or not, I'm really looking forward to the training even though I've only been running for a year and I've never run further than 10k. The part which is making me nervous is the fundraising - this will be as much of a challenge for me as running the half marathon! I've set up a Just Giving site (please feel free to visit and donate!) - it's not very pretty yet but I hope to put some more work into it over the days and weeks ahead. I hope that by blogging my "journey" (eugh) as both a runner and a fundraiser will give me an excuse to repost the link to my fundraising page many times over the 6-ish months between now and the run. If I post if often enough, you'll all donate.... won't you???