What's this blog all about?

You may already know that I'm a keen road runner, and that I ran the Flora London Marathon in 2007 and raised £3300 for Macmillan Cancer Care... this year decided to try once again to get a place in the Flora London Marathon.

In late November I was stunned to receive notification that I had been accepted for a ballot place, a 2008 London Marathon place was now assured.

I created this blog just to keep a record of important (and not so important) events along the way!

Sunday, 30 December 2007

Gareth Horton

In February this year my nephew Gareth Horton died, he too had contracted a cancer which couldn't be cured.

Gareth's mom, Elaine, had heard about Paul Ackrill and got in touch with Paul's mother shortly after Gareth passed away. This is how I came to hear about the Paul Ackrill charity.

I readily agreed with Elaine that I would run a marathon in aid of this charity if I could. It was such a joy to get a ballot place in the London Marathon and to be able to fulfill this promise so quickly.

Just the matter of some marathon training to do now!
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