Hey it’s Shireen and I’m doing a half marathon to help raise funds to help my precious niece Lauren with additional support in the community and all preventative measures to stop this viscious cycle of hospitalisation and distress to both her and my family. Treatment can be just as effective on the whole but unfortunately we don’t have the funds nationally to support this. Whatever I raise through doing a half marathon will go towards 1 to 1 support she desperately needs to keep her safe.

This half marathon for someone who has no run experience is going to be gruelling and tough but nothing will ever be as tough as coping with the daily battle of anorexia nervosa.