When my Dad passed away in June 2007 I knew then that I wanted to do something in his memory and what better way than to raise some money for the RNLI.

I started by doing the Great South Run in October 2007. Since then I have taken part in the Great South Run again in 2008 and the Edinburgh Marathon in May 2009.

Sooo..... this is now the next step for me (hanging up my running shoes for a while and being blister free). I made up my mind to go for the channel christmas 2008 and trained in Dover through the summer of 2009 going from.. the first 10 mins the start of May to 6 hours in September. This year I will take time out of work to train the best I can to give my attempt the best shot.