During October I will be challenging myself to run 100 miles in order to raise funds for my children's grassroots football teams:

As many of you know, grassroots teams rely purely on donations / fundraising efforts of various forms and so I wanted to give something back to a sport & teams that means a lot to me, and my family.

Having undertaken this challenge before it is not easy, and often the unpredictable weather in October means a lot of miles are covered in the wind and rain. It takes a lot of motivation to keep going especially as the miles rack up through the month.

I am a keen runner (mostly for the social side of it) and love to be outdoors so I am excited for this challenge. I love to run with friends who make the miles so much more enjoyable. I am already grateful to those who have agreed to undertake some of the longer runs with me that I will need to do to have a chance of reaching the magic number!

Any donation you can give to the cause is hugely appreciated - I will be splitting the funds raised evenly across my children's 3 grassroots teams - every pound I can raise for them will mean so much to them. Thank you in advance for any support you can give!

Jodie