David Sayce, Digital Marketing Consultant from Brockley, is preparing for the sporting challenge of his life – pounding the streets of London in aid of Multiple Sclerosis and the MS Society. Training over the last couple of years has been tough and included the British 10K and Run to the Beat, a half marathon run through Greenwich.

40 year old David, took to running only 2 years ago as a way to raise funds for the MS Society after his brother was diagnosed with relapsing and remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) in 2010 aged only 30.

MS is very much a personal ‘condition’ which affects everyone in various ways. It can be a very isolating, frustrating and even frightening condition certainly in the initial diagnosis stages and unfortunately can change with little notice. The MS Society is a fantastic resource of support, not just to those with MS but also their families.

Around 100,000 people in the UK have MS. It's normally diagnosed in people between the ages of 20 and 40, and affects roughly three times as many women as men. Once diagnosed, MS stays with you for life, but treatments and specialists can help you to manage the condition and its symptoms.

With a half marathon time of 2 hours 20 minutes, David is hoping that the extra training, and the addition of some orange body paint, will see him finish his first London Marathon in under 5 hours.

All donations will go towards The MS Society the UK’s leading MS charity. Since 1953 they've been providing information and support, funding research and fighting for change.

The MS Society fund research, give grants, campaign for change, provide information and support, invest in MS specialists and lend a listening ear to those who need it.

You can find out more about David and his running for MS at www.running4MS.co.uk or donate directly at www.justgiving.com/Running4MSUK

Based on information supplied by David Sayce.