Most of those who know me, know i have been talking for years about running the London marathon. I did apply a few times, but never made it in. So this year i decided i will run the marathon no matter what.

Once i had entered the online ballot, I contacted a few charities and proposed a deal which was that i would run the marathon for their charity and start to raise money for them today. If i got into the marathon on the ballot then i would give them the place back so allocate to someone else. The cherry was if i didn’t raise the minimum needed for the place by October then they could take my place and give it to someone else any way. Very much a risk free situation for any charity to be in… well you would think so.

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