My first tyre dragging marathon was Singapore, 2006. I was training for a Polar expedition and needed an incentive to train with a tyre. A marathon seemed to be the most obvious solution. So I picked up running at that point in time, after only ever having run about 5 miles as my longest distance.

Due to the quirky nature of a gal pulling a tyre in a marathon, I thought I could at the very least make people more aware of the impact they were making on their society so I began my campaign to highlight the importance of conservation and sustainability. A tyre symbolises everything that we have become reliant upon getting from A to B as quickly as possible and energy. In 2007, I got into the New York marathon and my trusty tyre Ted came along with me and then in 2008 I attempted to drag 2 tyres in the Singapore marathon. The humidity and heat nearly finished me off!

Unperturbed by it all, 2009 I dragged a tyre in the London marathon and thought that would be the last time I would drag a tyre in any marathon. On the 27th Dec 2009, I completed an ultra marathon in 10:10:10 - a number of such a big significance that I decided to enter 10 marathons in 2010 dragging my tyre........and now am hooked! Having completed a multitude of long distance events with tyre, and taunted by t-shirts that have read "100 marathon club", I think I might have missed a zero off. Thus a new quest has arisen.....100 marathons dragging a tyre by 2020.

I am supporting EarthWatch, a charity that has projects around the world that studies the impact of us on our world and thus the sustainability of our resources in forests and in oceans. If you want to donate to this charity, you can do so via www.justgiving.com/tyregirl

In Singapore I am supporting ACRES, a charity that rescues and campaigns for animal welfare. If you want to donate to this charity, you can do so via giving

You can do something now. Reduce your waste. Consciously buy goods that has none or less packaging or at the very least packaging that can be reused or recycled. The health of our world is in our hands.

There is always something we can do to change our world......

A quick record of funds raised for other charities other than the main EarthWatch charity am supporting. Most of these are from on-the-day monies raised.

• Dec 2010: $400 for Acres
• Aug 2010: @£100 for Salisbury Fire Services
• May 2010: £47.50 Warwickshire & Northamptom Air Ambulance Service
• Mar 2010: £20 for Bedford Hospital Charity
• April 2009: £1,702.31 for LOOK