Off and running – ExPad enters the Sydney marathon

It’s official. I’ve entered for the Sydney marathon. There’s just 120 days left until it kicks off, so it’s time to get into training.

To start with, I’m joining the Irish madness team in the MS Sydney 16km walk next Sunday, to ease myself into it. Funds raised from the event go to Australia’s Multiple Sclerosis society, a hugely worthwhile cause.

For those of you unsure about MS, it’s a disease of the nervous system that gradually degrades your synapses, causing paralysis, dementia, loss of motor function and cognition, and ending pretty badly. My mum, God bless her, died from MS a few years back, and the Irish MS Society were fantastic, they couldn’t do enough to help her, and us, while she was ill.

Even a $10 donation helps (and if you’re donating in Euro, that’s around the same price as a city centre pint). My donation page is up and running – click the pic of me running for MS in the Dublin marathon to donate.