I signed up for the Manchester Marathon last year after watching the event and felt inspired to run it myself even though I'd only been running 10 months.

I have been training but have been lacking some motivation as I was just running for myself, so when I heard that the local charity Riff Raff were raising funds to send Hayley and her children Adam and Chloe to Lapland at Christmas, I jumped at the chance to join up to the team.

Hayley has had a rough couple of years. She lost her partner Rob in July 2017 and then last year was hit with the big C. Hayley has been amazing through out it all and her children have supported her and showered her with love. 

So I now have my motivation to complete the Marathon and I would appreciate any donations you can make to give Hayley, Adam and Chloe that amazing trip to Lapland.