I'm taking part in the TCS London Marathon as part of #TeamStroke
I suffered a stroke at the age of 43, therefore 2026 will be the 10th year anniversary of this occurring totally out of the blue. This totally shocked me, my family and friends. As an ex professional footballer I didn't think it would happen to someone who had kept fit and healthy for so many years, but it did and I have known a few other athletes to have suffered the same illness at a similar age following the conclusion of their professional sporting careers.
There are over 1.4 million stroke survivors in the UK, with 100,000 strokes happening in the UK each year. That's one stroke every five minutes
The Stoke Association was there to support me to rebuild my life after the stroke. I believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after a stroke, so the association works with the stroke community to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support. They rely on your support to provide vital services, campaign for better stroke care and fund research into preventative and rehabilitative treatments.
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Fundraising page set up
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Reached 50% of target
Hit final milestone
Reached fundraising target
Thank you to my sponsors
£106
Heidi Lloyd Williams
£106
Bryn Roberts
Pob lwc Jiws
£100
Anonymous
£100
Andrew Thomas
£53.32
Stephen Davis
Pob lwc Marc. Great cause and great visibility for stroke awareness too:)
£53.32
Jeff Williams
Great cause close to my heart after Non x You’ll smash it!
£53.32
Bryn Tomos
Pob lwc mêt a diolch am godi arian i achos teilwng iawn - gollon ni Dad i strôc 8 mlynedd yn ol, felly mae hwn i ti a fo.
£52.12
Cathy Smith
Good luck Jiws!
£52.12
Fiona
Good Luck 💝
£52.12
Richard A Wendy Jones
Pob lwc Marc! Gobeithio fydd hi’n dywydd braf i chdi!
£50
Sbecs
Pob lwc Cochyn!
£35
Anonymous
£32.23
Dewi A Betha
Pob lwc
£31.87
Conor
Good luck Mark mate🙌
£30
Anonymous
£30
Geraint A Cheryl Thomas
Pob lwc Marc Lloyd 👍
£30
Andrew Jones
Pob lecture 👍
£28.41
Kev Bach
Pob lŵc i chdi mêt
£28.31
Rhys Griffiths
Go well second best goal scorer
£27.05
Glyn Hughes
Pob lwc Jiwd
£27.05
Matthew Williams
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£27.05
Niclas Parry
Diolch am dy ddewrder a dod amdani 👊👏
£27.05
Helen Angel-hayes
Pob lwc Marc
£27.05
Gareth Owen
G’wan Juice lad!!
£27.05
Owain T Jones
Pob lwc boi 🙌🏼❤️
£27.05
Rhiannon
Diolch - Thanks. Good luck to the team - hope you all have a good run..
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Delyth Sumner
Da chdi Marc ! Pop lwc i ti.
£27.05
Chris Sully Osullivan
All the best Jiws 🤝
£27.05
Aled
Pob lwc mate
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Colin Wyn Roberts
£27.05
Glyn Garner
£27.05
Ethan Ebanks Landell
£27.05
Iwan Williams
Pob lwc, mi fyddi di angen pythefnos i ffwrdd o dy waith i gael drosto dwi’n siwr!!
£27.05
Tony Max
Pob Lwc
£26.45
Hiw Redvers
Pob lwc💪
£26.22
Gareth, Liz Ac Elan
Pob lwc Jiws!
£25
Seiriol Hughes
Pob lwc - y peth pwysicaf ydi i fwynhau!
£25
Nicola Parry
Pob lwc Marc 👏 👏
£25
Natalie Dyer
All the best Marc Love Andy, Nat & boys xx
£25
Viv Hoyland
Pob lwc Marc :)
£25
Anonymous
Good luck and enjoy you have trained hard for this so should be easy for you. 👍
£25
Seiriol Hughes
Pob lwc!
£25
Lisa And Kevin Mcinerney
Super proud of you Marc. Go smash this for a fantastic cause xxx
£25
Kev The Ref
Worth it to see you suffer at mile 22. Following your training as you get faster. An amazing event especially as you cross Tower Bridge at mile 11.
£25
John Mann
two medals in 4 days. Smash it!!
£21.84
Nicola Azakli
Go smash it !
£21.84
Bethan Clement Davies
Pob lwc i ti Jiws! Arbennig Xx
£21.84
Carl Roberts
Pob lwc Jiws, rhedeg 26 miles yn llai poenus na gorfod gwylio Casnewydd drwy’r tymor!
£21.84
Arwel Roberts (bala Town Fc)
Pob lwc Jiws
£21.84
Sarah Hutchinson
Good luck! You’ll smash it! Live from the Hutchinson’s xx
£21.84
Wayne Jones
Pob lwc mêt, you can do it……👍
£21.84
Graham Roberts
Pob lwc Marc! From Graham, Clare and the Bristol based Roberts family.
£21.84
Dianne Jefferson
A great cause. Keep up with the training on your travels!
£21.84
Steve Lloyd
Pob lwc washi 🤣🤣
£21.84
Ricky Owen
£21.84
Gwyn
Pob lwc Marc👌🙌
£21.84
John Farrington
Well done Mark, running for a great cause 👏
£21.84
Sarah & Craig Hutchinson
Good luck - you’ll be great 👍
£21.84
Sylvia Spence
Good luck Marc, you will smash it all in the good cause, proud of you x
£21.84
Denz
Pob lwc coch👍
£21.84
T & C
Pob lwc Jiws
£20
Capel Coch
£20
Mari Angel
£20
Neil Owen (tubbs)
£20
Ricky Owen
£20
Clare Young
Good luck Marc! We all know you will smash it!
£20
Robin A Nia
£20
Sion Owain
£20
Andy O’malley
Good Luck 💪
£20
Iolo Evans
£20
Eirwen Murtas
£16.56
Keith Morris
£15
Waynne Phillips
Pob lwc Jiws
£15
Cadfan A Gerallt Owen A Morris
£13.46
Rob Humphreys
Pob lwc Jiws! Uffar o achos da
£11.33
Mike Evans
£11.33
Gillian Price
Pob lwc iti Marc
£11.33
Karen Vaughan
Pob lwc Jiws Karen Vaughan
£11.33
Gethin Robyns
£11.33
Heledd Anna
Pob Lwc Jiws! 💪🏼
£11.33
Lisa Millington
Pob lwc Jiws
£11.33
John Pod
£10 i achos da iawn Jiws,we’ll done Met 👍
£11.33
Dylan Griffiths
Pob lwc Jiws. Peint yn fuan!
£11.33
James Bolton
£11.33
Math A Donna
Pob lwc met
£11.33
Anonymous
All the best Jiws. Hope you have a great day. All the best Dan Jellers
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Mairwen Baylis
Pob Lwc Marc xx👏👏
£11.33
Geraint Bryant
£11.33
Garem Roberts
Pob lwc met!
£11.33
Clair Tipton
Pob lwc Marc Well done all the very best !
£11.33
Liz Hughes
£11.33
Llifon Jones
£11.33
Sharon Jones
Pob lwc x
£11.33
Barry Horne
Pob lwc. Mwynhewch y diwrnod.
£11.33
Sharon Hughes
Pob lwc i chdi
£11.33
Stacey Sansome
£11.33
Tom Morgan
£11.33
Laura Lacey
Good luck but most importantly enjoy it.
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Mark Jones
£11.33
Julie Ward
Pob Lwc Jiws
£11.33
Eirian Humphreys
£11.33
Emyr Jones
Pob lwc
£11.33
Alicia
Good Luck Marc!
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Nia Lloyd Davies
Pob lwc Jiws👍
£11.33
Bryn
Pob lwc!!
£11.33
Owein Prendergast
Good luck!
£11.33
Jack Jones
Good Luck Jack Jones
£11.33
Alastair Bidwell
Good luck Jiws
£11.33
Islwyn Williams
Pob lwc Jiws
£11.33
Dylan Catleugh
Pob Lec Hwyl Dylan Peirianeg Rhyl
£11.33
Arwyn Jôs
Pob lwc met!💪
£11.33
Bethan A Dewi
£11.33
Ffion Jones
Pob lwc Marc! 👍
£11.33
Nia Pritchard
Pib lwc Marc
£11.33
Jamie Jones
£11.33
Aron Thomas
£11.33
Gwyn Morris
Pob lwc Dydd Sul gobeithio nei di fwynhau pob eiliad cyfarchion Gwyn
£11.33
Darin Killpartrick (dabba)
Top respect Mark. My hips would fall off after 5 miles. That red will taste good in Italy after you have achieved this. Regards always Dabba
£11.09
Zoe Simm
Good luck marc , you got this 😄
£10
Anonymous
£10
Ifan Thomas
Pob lwc Jiws.
£10
Hayley Griffith
Anhygoel!!!! Pob lwc efo’r sialens
£10
Mark Hignett
Top man Mark! The very best of luck from the Hignett’s and all at the ESFA.
£10
Karen Griffith
Pob lwc Marc!
£10
Holly Watkinson
Beat the wall!
£10
Joseph Shooman
Da iawn Jiws lad
£10
Mared Jones
Pob lwc Marc. Mared a Now xx
£10
Wendy
Pob lwc Marc.
£10
Gwyn & Jackie (penucha)
£10
Luc Rees
Pob lwc Marc🙌🏼
£10
Caio Wyn Jones
£10
Ian Barber
Smash it Marc. Absolutely delighted to sponsor you and an amazing cause.
£10
Cled Ashford
Pol lwc Marc
£10
Gwenda Scott
£7
Iolo "1010" Williams (cm)
Amdani Marc a gawn ni beint yn Y Ddraig! Up the Exiles!!
£6.11
Scott Ruscoe
Good luck mate 💪⚽️
£6.11
Wayne Jones
Feifar arall o ni fod i hitio’r £25!
£6.11
Anonymous
Great cause, you will be great.
£6.11
Rhodri Llwyd
Pob lwc Jiws!
£6.11
Sion Pritchard
Pob lwc met 🏃♂️ 🙌🏻
£5
Llyr Jones
Pob lwc!
£5
Faye Underdown
Well done Marc, I am also running London for Stroke Association … we’ve got this 💪 Faye x
£5
Gethin Jones
Pob lwc!
£5
Emlyn Roberts
Pob lwc Marc
£5
Maria Morley
Pob lwc
£5
Louise
Pob lwc, Marc
£5
Jan Owen
Pob lwc Jiws!
£5
Emily
Good Luck!
£5
Lynda Roberts
Good luck Marc. As it's a charity close to my heart I've donated some money. Lynda
£2
Katy Riley
Pob lwc!!
£1.53
Iwan Williams
I gael chdi i’r targed 😂
Good luck my darling we will be there supporting you all the way you have got this xx