Training started on Monday for the 2017 Brighton Half Marathon. I’m running to support the Stroke Association.
I haven’t run a race for a charity for at least ten years, not since the 2005 London Marathon, which I ran for the Blue Cross. So why now? The reason is that our son’s partner, Jemimah, mother of our grandson Teddy, had lots of support from the Stroke Association during her recovery from a stroke she suffered at the age of 19, and I want to help them to thank them for the help they gave Jemimah, so they can support more people recovering from strokes.
You can read more of Jemimah’s story in the Brighton Argus and in the Summer 2016 issue of the Stroke Association’s newsletter (pages 30-31). You can support my half-marathon at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Tom-Roper.
My best time for this race was 1:43:14 in 2005, and I won't be as fast, but I'll finish, I hope in under 2:15. That’s going to take some work. Recent half-marathons have been slower, but it’s a fast course, and I’m putting the training hours in.
