Jane Tomlinson

September 4th: Jane Tomlinson

Jane Tomilnson was diagnosed a while back with an incurable form of cancer. She didn't give up, instead she went for it with the time she had left. She ran races, was a triathlete and raised loads of cash for worthwhile causes raising their awareness at the same time.

I am a moaning so and so at times.

When training a few years ago, I was whinging away, lacking motivation and feeling devoid of any will power and with no real desire to do anything about it. My mate Calum cut out a picture of her and pinned it on the wall beside my desk. He never said a thing but I got the message, went away and did something about it and felt better for doing so.

Then weirdly just this morning I looked at myself in the mirror and asked myself why had I got so fat? I then subsequently read the news feeds about Jane and thought that it's time for me to buy a new pair of running shoes and again shut the fuck up and get my finger out.

I ran the great north run when she was in the same field. She was a quality human being, a daughter, a wife, a mother and an inspiration.