...with a little help from my friends

This Sunday I am running the London Marathon again.  I ran it last year thanks to a golden bond place from ShootingStar-Chase, Daisy's Hospice.  Those people who know me well and follow this blog know that running is my thing, it's my way of keeping sane in this crazy world I live in.  Last year I  raised lots of money for our hospice when I ran the marathon, it was a way of giving back for everything they have done for our family over the years.

Thank you for giving me another chance!

Thank you all so much, I am so delighted to be able to post that I have been selected as one of four official bloggers for the 2014 London Marathon.  I am so grateful for each and every vote, thank you so much for taking the time to vote, share my link and asking your friends and family to vote.  You have given me a great early Christmas present - the chance to combine two things that have become very important in my life in recent years - blogging and running (but not at the same time, that could be logistically a bit difficult!)

At the start of this year's London Marathon

Help me run the London Marathon again (my first VLOG)

I am delighted to be a finalist in the competition to be one of 4 official London Marathon Bloggers for the 2014 race.  I am down to the final 15 and now the competition has gone to public vote.  I was asked to make a 90second video on why I wanted to run the London Marathon and this has now become my first foray into Vlogging (video blogging).  Xanthe helped edit it and the ukelele soundtrack is also provided by her.

I was not given much notice to make the video and Daisy was also pretty poorly at the time so it was put together on a Sunday while we were also liaising with the hospital on what new antibiotics to start, delivering blood samples to the ward for analysis and dealing with her seizures and pain - no wonder I look slightly manic in some of the shots!

As you know, and the video explains, I love to run and it helps manage the stress with my life with Daisy.  I ran the marathon this year and here are the two blog posts I wrote about my experience with marathon running and why I do it

A tale of three marathons

A tale of three marathons - the postscript

So - if you would like to help me fulfill my wish to run a sub-4 marathon and raise even more funds for ShootingStar-Chase please click on the link below to vote (it takes seconds!)

VOTE FOR STEPH!