Finn’s story
Finn James Morrison was born on May 1st 2002 at UCH in London, and for the first 4 years of his life he was a normal, healthy, fun, loving, curious and outgoing little boy. In September 2006, shortly after starting in Reception at St John’s Primary School, we received the devastating news that our gorgeous little boy had Acute...
The Trust
Over the last 20 years great advances have been made in the treatment of leukaemia and roughly 4 out of 5 are cured. Sadly for children like Finn whose leukaemia does not respond to treatment there is no cure. Treatment has improved the outcome over the last few decades through changes in dosage and better management of the side effects, but...
How to help
If you are keen to help plan and run a fundraising event we would love to hear from you. Previous fundraisers have included a Coast to Coast cycle and the Etape du Tour. The Trust has also received generous donations from organisations including Children’s House School. Please contact sarah@finnstrust.org for fundraisers information....
Copenhagen Marathon Completed
What a day and what a run. I was joined by 11.000 people. I did it in 4h 8m and I felt very chuffed with myself. I had expected to drag myself through the last hour but it wasn’t that bad after all. I guess my 4 month training paid off. While most people slowed down towards the end I managed to increase my tempo and overtook many runners in the last 30 min. Although the rain started pouring down 30 min in to the run it didn’t spoil the experience. It was probably worse for the expectations. Every 10-15 min there were music and party atmosphere which kept me going. I was also cheered on by my wife, some family members and some friends who all joined in with the fun.
I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who made donations. This meant a lot to me and I know it means a lot to Sarah and Pete who is in the process of making Finn’s Trust in to an official charity.
Yet again, the tinfoil man got the wrong date. Oh well, maybe next time. If you enjoyed the film I made, you might also injoy this film below. Same guy, 12 years earlier. All the best and thanks for all your support.
Read MoreMarathon Man
For a number of years I have wanted to run a marathon and now it’s finally happening. On 19 May 2013 I am running my first ever marathon in Copenhagen, not far from where I grew up.
I started training after Christmas and it’s been somewhat of a rollercoaster. I started off really well, full of hope and enthusiasm, running 4 days a week, come rain come snow.
In March I got ill. I was completely wiped out for 3 weeks. It was incredibly frustrating not to be able to continue my running schedule. I started resigning myself to that fact that it wouldn’t happen this year. I was really sad and disappointed. Then the black cloud disintegrated and I started getting my energy back.
Having put myself through a 16 week training schedule I now feel fitter than ever. I’m really excited about running the marathon and I can’t wait to get out there to prove to myself that anything is possible if I put my mind to it.
If you’d like to sponsor my run, it would mean a great deal to me and my dear friends Sarah and Pete. This website tells you all about their charity.
If you are wondering why I’m wearing foil on my head in the photo, you should watch this film which I made to encourage donations:
Read MoreL’Etape du Tour 2012 !!
A big thanks to all those who sponsored Johnny and I on this years Etape du Tour for Finns Trust – you’ve helped us raise raised over £1,500 so far making the event very worthwhile 🙂
Back in November we made the seemingly wise decision to tackle the second Etape option, thinking that the longer route with more climbing was a very sensible choice. At the time the 201km distance and 4800m of climbing over 5 cols didn’t seem very real. It was only when we drove the route the day before the race that reality set in. The fact that it took us almost 5 hours to drive, set the alarm bells ringing.
However on the day of the event all seemed well as almost 5,000 cyclists gathered at the start in Pau under an overcast sky. The first 35km flew by as peletons formed on the road south to the mountains. It wasn’t until we hit the first climb the uncategorised Col d’Aubisque that the prevailing weather pattern for the event took shape in the form of light drizzle on the climb which changed to driving rain on the descent as speed picked up to 60 km/h!! At least the temperature increased as each of us dropped deeper into the valley below.
The start of the race in Pau
The next climb starting at approx. 87 km in was the legendary Tourmalet or as it became for the rest of the weekend the ‘f*ckin Tourmalet’ 🙂 Trailed as a 19km climb, the timing mats were placed 36km from the summit….meaning nearly 2 hours of climbing up through the drizzle and cloud before hitting the top of the race at 2115m above sea level. This was a key milestone as over 2/3 rds of the distance and climbing were behind us now and we could now entertain thoughts of finishing ahead of the dreaded ‘broom wagon’.
The last 2 climbs the Col d’Aspin and the Col de Peyresourde although reasonably painful given the overall distance covered seemed easy in comparison to the Tourmalet, and I’m sure everyone was helped by the large crowds lining the climbs shouting ‘Allez, Allez’ and extolling us to climb faster! It was still a great feeling after 184km to reach the top of the final climb and know that it was downhill all the way to the finish line. Even better on reaching Bagneres de Luchon and the home straight which was lined with thousands of people cheering us into the line.
So all told a great experience and we both made it to the finish line in one fairly shattered piece. The question being will we put ourselves through it again next year?
