Fundraising

Lately I have been mega busy with my degree, but in the back of my mind I know I need to crack on with my fundraising.  That £1500 isn't going to raise itself and there's a danger I will lose the place in January if I don't make progress towards raising the required funds.

I have set up a fundraising page here: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/marathonmadness 
If you know me, and even if you don't, please give as much as you can to this excellent cause.  I've seen first-hand how debilitating dialysis can be for patients and the support of organisations like GSTT Kidney Patients' Association makes a big difference.

I've started thinking of fundraising activities but am slightly scared by the fact I'm on clinical placement from 3 January to 7 April and am not allowed to take a single day off.  I'm not really quite sure how I'm going to do it.  I hate asking people for money.

Never before have I done a sponsored running event.  I run because I love it, and I feel asking people to sponsor me to do something I love is a bit of a cop-out really.  This is different though:

1. This is NOT going to be a fun running event, this is going to be torture
2. It's my last marathon before I donate one of my kidneys... will there ever be a better reason?
3. It is for a genuinely important and life-changing cause
4. I have not asked anyone to donate to anything on my behalf since my parachute jump in 2012 
5. 2017 is my final year in London and running the marathon this year seems fitting, it feels like saying goodbye and thank you to everyone who has supported me through my degree
6. I promise I will not ask for anyone to sponsor me for anything for at least another decade