On 22 April 2007, the day of the last London Marathon, we lost a good friend, Stuart Burke, to Epilepsy (sudep).

Stu was a keen runner, and had often talked about wanting to run the London Marathon.
He won't get a chance now, and so we’re going to run it for him – probably not as quickly as Stu would have done, but in his memory. We’re also raising funds for a charity who work hard to offer help and support to epilepsy sufferers.

While we may be sadly lacking in fitness, we do have a belly full of determination, and a great bunch of friends and family behind us – your support is so important, and so much appreciated.

This blog has been created to share some of our journey with anybody out there who's interested. The countdown has begun!

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

The final countdown!

No run tonight - I would just like to say though that I finally reduced Ben to silence last night - 4.5 punishing miles with a few sprints along the way - although to be honest I didn't feel too great myself at the end of it!

Have to agree with the boys comments over the past couple of days - Saturday was a brilliant night and the fact that we raised over £2K is a wonderful achievement, so thanks to everyone.


Whilst on the thankyou trail Dom, Ben and I want to say a big thanks to Pam Proctor and the girls from the Garstang Dance School - they have donated the proceeds of their latest show to the cause and have boosted our coffers by £400 - a magnificent effort.

Just a few more lazy runs and then the big day - I am mentally conditioning myself that, as Dom and Ben keep telling me, it doesn't matter if we get beaten by elephants, rhinos or deep sea divers as long as we finish!!