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Why World Cancer Research Fund?
Hi friends,
On 26th of April 2026 I'll be running the London Marathon. It's not the first one (it'll be my 3rd) but it's a special one: it's THE London Marathon, it's close to home, and it's the first time I run it for a charity. I'll also train hard for this, as I have a time goal that's ambitious for me: run a sub-4 hour marathon. So I'd love it if you could help me support the World Cancer Research Fund!
Why the WCRF? Like most of us, people very close to me have had to deal with cancer, and go through the ordeal of learning the terrifying news, go through often several waves of treatment, hoping for remission. I'll be running with a special thought for my father in law who passed away from a brain tumor 5 years ago. And my American host family's mom, who went away with breast cancer almost 30 years ago.
But cancer is not ineluctable. It can be detected earlier, prevented, and more and more, cured. Research is what is making incredible progress in these different areas possible, and we need to keep pushing forward.
Every day around 1,100 people will hear the words ‘you have cancer’ only in the UK. Over 420 of these cases could have been prevented, that’s a staggering 155,000 people every year. World Cancer Research Fund, are passionate about reducing this number.
As part of an international network of charities, they’ve been funding life-saving research, influencing global health policy and informing the public since 1982.
While society continues to search for a cure, their prevention and survival work helps people to live longer, healthier, and happier lives – free from the devastating effects of cancer. The money I'm raising plays a huge part in keeping this going.
My Achievements
Has fundraising page
Updated profile pic
Added a blog post
Self donated
Shared page
Thanked donor
Has received 10 donations
Reached 50% of fundraising target
Amount raised £2,500
Reached fundraising goal
Increased target over £1,000
Reached distance goal
My Updates
Properly launching the fundraising today... an update
Thursday 15th Jan Sooo... I'm getting into the thick of training for London now. After a good-feel HM personal best in September, I've kept training at moderate levels, ran an amazing HM trail in November in the English South Downs (hilly but lovely views and great vibes). And since the beginning of December started training for the Arc of Attrition -- a UTMB trail in Cornwall, along the coastal path. I'll do the marathon distance, which with 1,000m+ of elevation feels quite a challenge. I won't run all of it though, I see this as part of the London training and don't want to compromise the following training weeks. But finishing it will definitely tick the box for me, it('s also my first UTMB50. Hoping for not too much mud or wind... So for that I've needed to increase the volume in weekly km and in long runs, and recently reached 30k long runs, including the last one with full trail gear (backpack of close to 4kg). I'll take a quick breather after that before getting into the build blocks for London and get to the heaviest weeks of training. Glad that I've dodged any injury so far, but need to keep disciplined about S&C, that's the only way to avoid it... Will post again after the Arc (on 25/1). Thank you for following!! Share
Getting to London - training and races
Wednesday 24th SepThank you to my Sponsors
£275
Geoffroy Bauer
£106
Carmel Rafaeli
Always love supporting your adventures! ♥️
£53.32
Kate Grimonster
Good luck & congratulations Kiss Kate
£53.32
Rohan Parikh
All the best !
£50
Sibylle Et Patrick
Good luck Geoffroy! Il parait qu'il est magnifique ce marathon :-)
£50
Marta Margolis
Go, Geoffroy, go!
£27.05
Kaat Vb
Run, Geoffroy, run!
£25
Sebastiano
In bocca al lupo!!
