Every two hours a man dies by suicide in the UK, accounting for 74% of all recorded suicide deaths.

We hold it down, we bottle it up, we make sure everyone around us is ok, we do everything and give everything to make sure those we love and hold dear are safe and happy but so often we don't look inside our own box for fear of what's inside, carrying a silent weight, a noise in our head that we can't switch off.

Running has always helped me to process my thoughts and feelings, and to come to terms with the complexities and trauma that I experience through my working life as a mental health nurse. So this month I am running not just to quiet the noise in my own head, but in the hope that this helps to raise awareness of male suicide and encourage people to open up and start talking. To raise a flag.

To do the hardest thing in the world and ask for help.

If you can donate it would be gratefully appreciated.