I’ve chosen 2025 to push myself into very uncomfortable situations involving exercise… a foreign concept for me as many of you will know. I’ll be running the London winter 10k this Sunday (23rdFeb) and hopefully, the London landmarks half marathon on the 6th April.

I’m doing this to support the amazing Charity Winston’s wish that helped my three sons four years ago when their father Simon died suddenly. Life didn’t make sense to any of us never mind a 7, an 8 or an 11 year old.

The grief that young children feel is just so incredibly difficult to deal with through a fog of your own grief never mind the real life problems of work/money/probate.

Simon’s passing was incredibly sudden so shock also was a big factor to reconcile. The charity could not take away any of this pain but they could support the boys through play and books that just made tiny little differences.

These tiny little differences keep adding up to make a hellish situation a little more bearable. I personally can’t thank them enough for their simple interactions at that time.

I’m running this year to try to fund some other tiny little differences to other kids whose parent dies much too early. Exercise like this is so out of my comfort zone it is untrue. There will be no records broken but if I can help even one other child, this pain is temporary and manageable.

If you can spare any money at all I’m sure there are some little people who will thank you in the future. In the meantime, you can laugh at my expense and imagine the swear words!!

#kiakaha

#strongertogether