Ring of Fire 2024
Follow my progress as I train for the 217km Ring of Fire to raise awareness and funds for the
Bone Cancer Research Trust
Effective Running: Balancing Career, Family and Growth
The Challenge
This year I am planning on pushing by body and mind to the limit running a really long way to raise awareness and funds for the Bone Cancer Research Trust.
I intend to build the run distance throughout the year culminating in the 217 km Ring of Fire where over 3-days I will run the entire circumference of Anglesey.
If you would like to donate to the BCRT then click below:
Why????
Raise funds for the excellent Bone Cancer Research Trust that has been a rock for my mother-in-law Sherralyn as she has gone through her challenges with bone cancer. As a disease it is chronically underfunded compared to some of the other types of cancer and I am looking to generate awareness and funds for the excellent work that they do to try and cure this terrible disease.
Why???
To really push myself outside my comfort zone and see really what I can achieve to inspire my two young daughters. Although I have previously raced Ironman triathlon's this was before having children when I had more free time and significantly less responsibility. It was easy to go out for a day long cycle at the weekend and go for a run / swim after work for a couple of hours. This way of approaching training is no longer possible or desirable and hence a new approach is needed that fits around my responsibilities and time constraints.
Events in 2024
21-Jan - The Dirt Run Irchester Country Park (10 km) - Done
3-March - TTP Cambridge Half Marathon (21.1 km) - Done
21-April - TCS London Marathon (42.2 km) - Done
12-May - Shires and Spires Ultramarathon (56 km) - Done
6-July - Peak District Ultra Challenge (100 km) - Done
30-August - Ring of Fire (217 km)
13-October - Manchester Half Marathon (21.1 km)
Further events will be added in due course
Follow Me on STRAVA
You will be able to follow my individual training sessions and work through my linked STRAVA account that can be found below:
Bone Cancer Research Trust
Every 10 minutes somewhere another child, teenager or adult is diagnosed with this brutal disease and they face a 5-year chance of survival at little over 50%. This drops even further if the disease is discovered late and has already progressed.
The Bone Cancer Research Trust is the only charity dedicated to this disease, it is a small but national charity based in Leeds, UK. They fund ground-breaking research, life-saving awareness initiatives and provide dedicated and trustworthy information and support to patients and all their loved ones... All without any government funding. They rely 100% on people like you supporting their work through donations.
Their work has never been so crucial and vital. Figures from the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) have shown that research into primary bone cancer continues to be critically underfunded, with the main UK charities allocating just 0.02%