Peters Marathon Page for St Mark's Meals

I've been putting a LOT of training into running my first ever Marathon.   (which I will be running on the 6th of September).

Aside from the false starts, the postponed events, the lock down and a couple of injuries it's been a long and hard journey.

Because of Covid-19, it's going to be an extra challenging run, as there is no set event and crowds to cheer people along.

I want to use the opportunity to help raise some money for St Mark's meals.   

One in three children in Milton Keynes live in poverty. The reality of this is that there are thousands of children each day who arrive at school already hungry and leave at the end of the day knowing that they’ll go without an evening meal and will lie in bed with their tummy hurting that night.

St Mark's work with local organisations and schools to provide meal boxes for families to take home, each box costs £5.

I grew up on free school meals and often relied on the good nature of others and the local shop keeper to fill the gaps in our family budget from time to time.

It is so sad that this many children still go to bed hungry in places like Milton Keynes.  And I hope that the money we can raise together will help a little bit.