Tom O’Neill – London Marathon 2025

Running the London marathon was one of the best and proudest days of my life. I never thought when I was diagnosed with ITP, I would be able to find the mental or physical strength to do such a thing again in my life. I had all my friends and family there watching me at different points around the course which really helped. It was absolutely brutal on the day in the midst of a heatwave running through central London with no shade for 4 hours! I kept reminding myself of the reason why I was running and this carried me through to the end when my legs were on fire. Thank you so much Mervyn for getting me a place to run in the hardest marathon in the world to get a place in and allowing me the opportunity to fulfil a bucket list dream of mine!

Raised £2,050 for the ITP Support Association