When Ross Jeavons ran the London Marathon in three hours seven minutes last year, his over-riding feeling was disappointment.

Despite not discovering running until a few years ago, Ross had found an affinity with it - leading to him aiming to beat the three hour barrier.

But he hit the wall in the last few miles and was left crestfallen despite achieving a personal best.

Fast forward almost a year and Ross has completely different reasons for running the 2022 version of the marathon.

It was something, as a father of two children under two, he wasn't planning to take on - especially when his son, Corey, was born in February with Oesophageal Atresia and Tracheo-Oesophageal Fistula, a condition which means his food pipe was not connected to his stomach - and he was and is unable to swallow.

Running drifted from Ross' mind and he hadn't laced up his trainers for six months when he suddenly spotted a chance to take on London again in aid of the charity TOFS.

It was challenge - and a chance to raise vital funds - that he wasn't able to resist, even though a lack of training and time suggested things won't be easy...

 

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To sponsor Ross to run the London Marathon in aid of TOFS visit https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/rossfortofs

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"Fearless First" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/