I'm taking on Run the Month: Marathon Edition!

Matt Newton's 2025 Run The Month Challenge

Raised

£922

Distance

53.12 mi

Once again this year I am taking part in the Run The Month Marathon Edition for Prostate Cancer UK.

Prostate cancer now affects 1 in 8 men in the UK. That's thousands of dads, partners, brothers, grandads, uncles and mates. I'm raising money to help fund lifesaving research and support for men like me and their families affected by prostate cancer.

I’ll be running 26.2 miles (over the course of a month, I hasten to add!), which to some will seem like a breeze, but for me, having gone through chemo and radiotherapy and the daily medication, I’m just not as fit or strong as I was before (that’s making an assumption that I was fit and strong before – I wasn’t, particularly!).

***Edit - because of how my knees are this year, I’ve taken the decision to do this on an indoor bike at the gym, to also help build up much needed strength in my knees, which have been weakened by meds. Because of that, I will double the mileage and will cycle 52.4 miles over the month.***

Now I know that you’re a generous lot, last year proved that – and every penny, cent or whatever currency counts, so please donate generously as I dust off my kit, and cycle 52.4 miles throughout January to raise funds for valuable lifesaving research into prostate cancer.

Thank you!
Matt