Jennifer's race to the London Marathon 2026
Jennifer Gavin
My Story
Hello!
I'm Jennifer and I am running the London Marathon 2026 in aid of Sepsis Research FEAT.
Why am I taking on this challenge? Last year, in September 2024, I became critically ill when what started as a simple sore throat quickly became a chest infection, which unfortunately became Sepsis. I spent 6 days in a ventilated coma, 10 days in intensive care and 3 weeks all together in hospital. I am extremely lucky to be here, and know that everything could have been very different.
When I was in hospital I made a promise to myself to not take my health and my body for granted again, and I cannot think of a better way to do this than to use the same lungs (that were so damaged they needed a ventilator..) to power me to the finish line in the same city that saved my life.
Sepsis can affect anybody, and derives from any infection. It accounts for 50,000 deaths in the UK every year - more than breast, prostate and bowel cancer combined.
I am choosing to take on this immense challenge to not only raise awareness, but to also raise vital funds for Sepsis Research FEAT. Sepsis Research FEAT is a registered charity (SC049399) and is the UK’s only sepsis research charity.
We currently don't understand enough about sepsis and the biological processes that can lead to serious illness or even death. That is why we urgently need to increase funding:
- to raise awareness of sepsis
- for research: to understand the processes that lead to sepsis, to design effective treatments for it & to help save lives.
Thank you for your generous donations, and see you on the side lines on April 26th 2026!!
About us
The London Marathon has become an annual, inspiring and colourful fixture in the world’s sporting calendar since the inaugural race on 29 March 1981: a celebration of fun, fundraising and fancy dress.
Over the years more than a million people have completed the 26.2-mile course – which runs from Blackheath to The Mall, with a spectacular finish in front of Buckingham Palace, showcasing the very best that the capital city has to offer.
What’s more, these participants have raised over a billion pounds for charity and there have been countless amazing tales of human achievement throughout the event’s history – living up to its aim of helping participants ‘to have fun, and provide some happiness and sense of achievement in a troubled world’.
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Target
£3,000
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Raised so far
£3,474
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Number of donors
99
My Story
Hello!
I'm Jennifer and I am running the London Marathon 2026 in aid of Sepsis Research FEAT.
Why am I taking on this challenge? Last year, in September 2024, I became critically ill when what started as a simple sore throat quickly became a chest infection, which unfortunately became Sepsis. I spent 6 days in a ventilated coma, 10 days in intensive care and 3 weeks all together in hospital. I am extremely lucky to be here, and know that everything could have been very different.
When I was in hospital I made a promise to myself to not take my health and my body for granted again, and I cannot think of a better way to do this than to use the same lungs (that were so damaged they needed a ventilator..) to power me to the finish line in the same city that saved my life.
Sepsis can affect anybody, and derives from any infection. It accounts for 50,000 deaths in the UK every year - more than breast, prostate and bowel cancer combined.
I am choosing to take on this immense challenge to not only raise awareness, but to also raise vital funds for Sepsis Research FEAT. Sepsis Research FEAT is a registered charity (SC049399) and is the UK’s only sepsis research charity.
We currently don't understand enough about sepsis and the biological processes that can lead to serious illness or even death. That is why we urgently need to increase funding:
- to raise awareness of sepsis
- for research: to understand the processes that lead to sepsis, to design effective treatments for it & to help save lives.
Thank you for your generous donations, and see you on the side lines on April 26th 2026!!
About us
The London Marathon has become an annual, inspiring and colourful fixture in the world’s sporting calendar since the inaugural race on 29 March 1981: a celebration of fun, fundraising and fancy dress.
Over the years more than a million people have completed the 26.2-mile course – which runs from Blackheath to The Mall, with a spectacular finish in front of Buckingham Palace, showcasing the very best that the capital city has to offer.
What’s more, these participants have raised over a billion pounds for charity and there have been countless amazing tales of human achievement throughout the event’s history – living up to its aim of helping participants ‘to have fun, and provide some happiness and sense of achievement in a troubled world’.
