Dear Everybody, As you know, I am running to raise money for Ty Hafan and Helen House Hospices because they desperately need money. I think it is a tragedy that children need hospices. One day, in a better world it won't happen. It is so very important that they can continue their work.

Helen House was the first children's hospice in the world, and Ty Hafan the Family Hospice was the first in Wales At Ty Hafan all the children are expected to die before the age of 19, and some much, much younger, hospices help the whole family to make the most of the time they have together, and give end of life care, bereavement counselling, and support in many other ways; helping the families get through the unendurable.

There is no frontier - I hope that people in Wales will sponsor me for Ty Hafan, and those in England will do so for Helen and Douglas House. - but maybe people wil just send a little to both? It will all help so much. The reason that Ty Hafan and Helen House are on separate JustGiving pages that is the only way the charities can claim for Gift Tax which makes a great difference to each donation -.

- Please, please sponsor me even v small amounts add up - and both the hospices ABSOLUTELY depend on public sponsorship to keep goingwith their work. It is very hard, especially now; you can't let the children down.

So - I'm off training again in the morning. I feel quite daunted by the 26 marathons pulling Icebird, but am determined to succeed!! I hope you will all follow my progress on website and blog - or in person - as I run through your cities and towns in April - SEE ITINERARY!!

Hope to see you all on the road! Best wishes, Rosie