Running Plymouth Half Marathon - Let's Raise £1k for Macmillan Cancer Support

Last year, I successfully completed my first Plymouth Half Marathon and raised for local charity Jeremiah's Journey.

In memory of a close friend, Pat Mourton, who sadly passed away from cancer in August 2011, I am running the Plymouth Half Marathon again on the 3 June 2012. My goal is to raise at least £1k for Macmillan Cancer Support, who gave incredible and ongoing support to both Pat and her family throughout her battles with cancer.

You can be part of helping me to reach (or beat!) my target, and raise as much as possible for Macmillan by donating on my Just Giving page at http://www.justgiving.com/chrisblunt-plymouth2012.

If you can't donate today, then please help spread the word by posting the link on your favourite social networks.

Thank you!

In 1996, Pat Mourton was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was lucky enough to meet Pat through her son Richard and husband Alan, during my first days at secondary school. They quickly became very close friends.

Pat was well known for her work in the local community, and everyone who was fortunate enough to meet her couldn’t help but be inspired by her spirit, determination, and (perhaps most of all) her unfaltering sense of humour.

In the nearly 2 decades she lived with the disease, Pat fought and beat the breast cancer, and bravely endured bone cancer and later metastatic liver cancer. She ran countless fundraising events for the charities that would become close to her heart.

Sadly, Pat lost her battle with cancer on 15 August 2011.

Macmillan nurses provide exceptional support and care not only to cancer sufferers, but their families who face this horrible disease. Macmillan nurses truly went above-and-beyond the call of duty for Pat, Alan and Richard.

In memory of Pat, and to help Macmillan carry on this tireless work, I’m running the Plymouth Half Marathon for a second time on 3 June 2012 and need to raise £1000 for Macmillan.

Please donate whatever you can to help me reach - and smash - my target of raising £1000 for Macmillan Cancer Support so that other people can continue to receive the support that was so important to Pat, Alan and Richard.

Please take a moment to send this page to everyone you know to help support those who are suffering with cancer.

Thank you,

Chris