MND can get in the sea

Running the London marathon has always been an ambition of mine, but I was never successful in attempts via the ballot over the years. Then came my Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis, and I thought my chance to take part in the biggest and best marathon in the world had gone.  We then discovered assisted running with a specialist wheelchair, and after taking part in the Great Bristol, Great Scottish, and Southampton 10k's, Alice and I decided to apply for London. Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful in this year's assisted wheelchair ballot, so we booked a hotel, and had plans to be part of the MNDA cheer squad.  However, after Alice emailed the organisers detailing my story, and with assistance from the Whizz Kidz charity and Martin Davy from Delichon, the company that made our running wheelchair, on appeal, we were given a place and under beautiful spring sunshine, my dream came true. We travelled up on Friday and settled into our hotel. Having grown up on a sleepy island, I lov...

Our Team Baker running tops that I have designed, arrived ahead of next week's London marathon, and they look great! They are light blue, with dark blue and green waves, representing the sea, and have our names printed on the front, and 'TEAM BAKER Pushing Against MND' on the back. They also carry the logos of the organisations that have played a part in getting us to the start line, and of course '#mnd can get in the sea' with a QR code link to our blog. Crazily, they are made from 100% plastic bottles! 5 bottles per garment apparently. Our friend Martin, from Delichon has kindly paid for the shirts, and we are very grateful for all his continuing support.  Alice, Martin, our friend Andy, and my daughter Anna, have all completed their training, and are now tapering. If any marathon runners are reading this, you will know how good that feels. We all met up for the first time last week, and Martin brought our race buggy that he lends out for races.  It...