19/08/2026
Six weeks. That's all that stands between me and the start line of the Cardiff Half Marathon. π€¦
I put my name on the waiting list on a bit of a whim, never once believing I'd actually get a place. Then the email landed, and suddenly this got very real.
The timing has floored me, if I'm honest. The 6th of August would have been my dad's 79th birthday. The 7th of September marks ten years since we lost him.
I'm now raising money for the British Heart Foundation so that fewer families have to carry the kind of loss ours has these last ten years. Every pound helps fund the research that gives people more time with the ones they love.
So I'm asking, friends, family, anyone reading this, if you can spare anything at all, it would mean the world.
Donate here π
This year would have been my dad's 79th birthday. It also marks ten years since he sadly passed away from heart disease, following a heart attack. My father-in-law now has a pacemaker fitted, so our w