I have been running regularly for just over two years now but this will be my first proper 10K race! Like me, this event turns 40 this year, and as it’s through the streets of my city of Oxford it felt like an excellent thing to do and to raise some money for muscular dystrophy in the process. This severe, progressive muscle-wasting disease has affected family members which makes it particularly important to me. Although I spent very little of the first 37 years of my life doing it, running is a privilege and one I intend to gratefully do for many years yet!