Phil Henson

Rain or Shine, I’m Walking 15 Miles for The Royal Marsden on 10 May

Rain or Shine, I’m Walking 15 Miles for The Royal Marsden on 10 May 

Every year I put myself through a physical challenge to raise money for a charity. In past years I’ve cycled round the Isle of Wight in a day, or taken part in a sponsored walk, or run a half or full marathon. This year I’m going to be walking 15 miles for the Royal Marsden. 

Next Sunday, I’ll be lacing up my shoes and joining over 7,000 fellow walkers for the Banham Marsden March, one of the UK’s most inspiring charity walks. Fifteen miles. Come rain or shine. No excuses.

The route is from Chelsea, via Wimbledon - where I’ll be high fiving the family - and finishes in Sutton. 

Why I’m Doing This

The Royal Marsden Cancer Centre is extraordinary. Since 1926, it’s been at the forefront of cancer research and treatment, developing life-changing therapies now used across the UK and around the world. Every 90 seconds, someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer. That’s someone’s mum, dad, partner, friend. The Royal Marsden is fighting back, funding the research to diagnose it earlier, treat it better, and save more lives.

Since the Banham Marsden March began in 2011, walkers have raised a staggering £21 million+ for the charity. That money funds clinicians, researchers, and state-of-the-art equipment, the kind of breakthroughs that change everything.

The Walk Itself

Fifteen miles isn’t nothing. But when you think about what that money means to cancer patients everywhere, and what patients and families go through, it puts blisters and muscle ache into perspective pretty quickly.

Whatever the weather throws at us on Sunday 10th May, I’ll be out there, waterproofs at the ready if needed, sunscreen if we’re lucky, putting one foot in front of the other alongside thousands of others who believe this matters.

Want to Cheer Me On?

If you’d like to sponsor me, even a small amount can make a real difference. Every pound goes towards groundbreaking cancer research and world-leading patient care at The Royal Marsden.

Let’s do this. 💜 thank you.