Samphire 100-mile, 2017

‘ When my friend’s daughter, Sophie, died at just 18 after falling onto rail tracks at Sittingborne, I felt inspired to do something positive, so I set about raising money by running 1,000 miles in a year. Completing the Samphire 100-mile run was the culmination of this and was far beyond what I believed I could achieve. It will always be one of the most important days of my life; I was able to draw a small positive out of a tragedy.’