Hi, My name is Darryl Johnson and I work in route operations at Eden Springs' Leicestershire (Coalville) branch. On 13 April 2014 I will be undertaking the challenge of my life: I am running the London Marathon. I have had tremendous support and sponsorship from Eden Springs and staff from all over the Eden network for which I am eternally grateful; without you all this would not have been possible. I'm going to do my best to keep you updated with how my training and runs are progressing on the Eden Springs blog – keep you eyes peeled!
I am running for the charity Children with Cancer. Children with Cancer UK is the leading national children's charity dedicated to the fight against all childhood cancers. Around 3,600 children and young people are diagnosed with cancer every year in the UK. Our aims are to determine the causes, find cures and provide care for children with cancer. The reason I have chosen this charity is because I believe we have it within our power to help these very brave children who are struck by this evil disease in the prime of their innocence. Every mile I run and all the pain I’m going through (and believe me there’s a lot of that) is nothing compared to what these very brave souls are going through. I want to help them. 
My training has been very tough at times and very demanding but I have stuck to it and most of the time enjoyed it. 6 months ago I ran a half marathon (13.1 miles) with next-to-no training; just a good base level of fitness. I got very emotional afterwards...that’s just me – big softie! I am now up to 20 miles training runs! Never ever thought those words would come from my mouth. As the marathon draws closer I am getting more and more confident that I will NOT let these children and all those that have supported me down. At last count my fund pot sits at over £1,500 – how amazing is that?! Thank you, thank you, thank you all.
Please visit www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk for more information about the charity Darryl is supporting.
Please find Darryl's fundraising page at www.virginmoneygiving.com/darryljohnson
