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I'm fundraising for Pancreatic Cancer UK.
On 30th November, I’ll be running my very first marathon – the Florence Marathon – in support of Pancreatic Cancer UK.
You might know I’ve run a few half marathons before, and if you were ever at one of those races (or saw me in the days after), you probably heard the words ‘Never let me sign up for a full!!!!’ come out of my mouth - yet here we are. I was actually quite happy with my title as a ‘half marathoner’ and ticking away with most of my toenails and something called free time. However, at the end of 2024, we lost my Uncle quite unexpectedly and being over 400 miles away I felt pretty useless to my family, so in a stroke inspiration (more likely delusion) I decided I’d run a marathon in his honour and raise some money for something important to our family, and science as a whole. That then led to a fair bit of umm-ing and ahh-ing about which charity to support as there’s so many worthy ones.
However, when I was watching the London marathon on tv this year (trying to inspire myself probably) someone came on to speak about Pancreatic Cancer Charity UK and how they’re raising money to fund a scientific project which will get a simple breath test into the hands of GPs and allow early detection of that cancer. This struck a chord with me as before I was born, my grandma (his and my Dad’s mum) passed away from pancreatic cancer after being misdiagnosed in the months prior, and heartbreakingly, the same happened to my friend’s mum 25 years later when we were interns together. Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers and still, in 2025 when we have self driving taxis and ai for everything, is often diagnosed far too late.
So, to cut quite a long story short, I’m raising funds to help roll out quick ‘breath tests’ for early detection.
My goal is to raise £1,000 and I’d be incredibly grateful for any support you can offer.
My donations could fund...
44 hours with a nurse on our Support Line
or
19 hours of early diagnosis research
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£27.05
Jessica Hughes
£50
Matthew Dunning
£25
Dave
Good luck Alex! praying for your toenails to hang on!
£25
Carl Davey
Go Alex... hopefully your toenails survive!
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Karen Coultard
Good luck xx
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Raymond Bint
Well done I am proud of you,,Grandad
£10
Hannah Duguid
£30
Murad Asgarov
Good luck Alex, great effort for a good cause.
£27.05
Chris Davies
A great cause to run for. You'll be great and watch out for that "wall" around 21 miles :)
£10
Lewis Wallace
£25
Rob W
A great cause and a great event! Enjoy the experience. Good luck!
£25
M Webster
Good luck - you’ve got this! If the going gets tough, just go with the Flo.. Well done fundraising for such a worthy cause
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Jamie Bonini
Good Effort Alex a great cause !
£30
Giuseppe Tizzano
Great cause, thank you for doing this and best of luck!
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Stephanie Ritchie
Hang in there toenails!!
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Phoebe Stansfield
You've got this! Go smash it!
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Lauren Chedburn
After clinging on to your heels in our training runs I know you are going to absolutely smash it and for a great cause! Wishing you flat roads and comfy trainers :)
£25
Scott Strachan
Good luck Alex - go smash it!
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Graeme Brown
Good luck!
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Jamie D
Good luck, a very worthy cause.
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Pomme Pr & Marketing Ltd
What a great thing you are doing Alex. We know you will smash it. xxx
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Lynsey Johnston
Proud of you Alex! Go smash it xx
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Simon Prentice
All the best with it Alex. You’ll do great.
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Francesca Begaj
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Lynne Warren
Yes Alex!! Sending you lots of luck for the big day - 26.2 miles no joke!! but you are running for such an amazing cause.. I hope the miles fly by & you get to soak up the atmosphere in Florence!
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Georgia
So proud of you! You’ll smash it and for such a great charity. Love you lots, George & Alf
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Emily Martin
Such an amazing cause, good luck!!!
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Rowan
Go Alex! You’ll smash it
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Bev Raistrick
Such a wonderful charity Alex. Go for it !! 🏃♀️🏃♀️
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Erinn
Can’t wait to see you cross the finish line, and laugh at you hobbling through Florence the next day xxx
You’re going to smash it out the park, we’ve no doubt! Sending all the support from the South West, Jess and Chris xx