Why we're doing this...
Thanks so much for finding your way to our sponsorship page. If you've done that, you'll hopefully know a Mathieson, a Brindley, or maybe, both.
On April 27th this year, we're going to be attempting to complete the 2025 London Marathon for Parkinson’s UK and your support would really mean a lot to us.
Our family are just one of the 150,000 in the UK affected by Parkinson's. Any money we raise will help fund groundbreaking research and change the lives of the Parkinson's community.
We know times aren't easy, but hugely appreciate you sponsoring us with whatever you can.
Who knows if we'll make it round, but we're going to give it our all - we have been training through the winter months to get to the start line with the best chance of completing this thing!
Every one of your donations will power us closer to that mildly terrifying 26.2mile finish line...
Thanks so much, your generosity will make all the difference,
Cathy & David x
My updates
We did it!
Monday 28th Apr
Big day tomorrow!
Saturday 26th Apr
Thank you to my sponsors
£30
Amy Flanagan
£120
Shackerstone Clay Shoot
Great work!
£10
Whitestone Infant School Children
Congratulations Mrs Mathieson!
£20
The Jabbet Crew
Well done!
£20
Adrian Hulme
Congrats to you both!
£15
Lydia Yorke
Well Done Both. From Ann Oldham
£100
Morgan Matthews
Well done Davo!! Lots of love x
£20
Charlotte Smith
Well done David and Cathy! What an amazing achievement 🤩🤩 Hope you’re recovering well 😬😅
£20
Laura Fitzsimons
Good on you David and Cathy! 💪
£50
Guy Chambers
Well done Dave and Cathy! X
£30
The Jabbett Crew
Well done!
£20
Pupils Of Whitestone Infant School
Congratulations!
£30
Kay And Bob
Well done!
£15
Claire Stubbs
What an achievement, and a worthy cause.x
£50
Grace Reynolds
£10
Ghost Rule
Congratulations!
£20
Lubs
Congrats both!
£20
Rachel Seagrave
You’re both amazing, well done 🌟 👏
£10
Vicky Scowcroft
Congratulations on an epic Marathon run!! Super proud of you!! Hope you’re surviving the post run pain 🙈 well done xxx
£50
Lucy Holland
Well done both of you. An amazing achievement xxx
£100
Sarab
Well Done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
£50
Alex Knowles
Congratulations on the run David!
£30
Isi & Joe
Well done David, what an amazing achievement.
£50
Paul Gibson
Well done guys.
£20
Kath
Well done both of you! What a truly brilliant achievement. And it was such an amazing experience being there to cheer you on x
£50
Alexander Tall
Well done on an amazing achievement!
£26
Tom Parish
Well done David and Cathy! What an achievement
£50
Te
Proud, proud, proud. TE x
£20
Maddie Miller
You legends! What an amazing achievement, and for such an incredible charity! I hope it all went well today and you are bow relaxing in a salt bath!
£20
Alice Bowden
Hope it went well! A very worthy cause.
£20
Anna And Jo Thornton-sharp
Well done to you both, what an amazing achievement. Xxx
£20
Glenn Hooper
Good luck both
£50
Lily
Good luck to you and your toe nails!
£30
Clare Medcalfe
Have an amazing day. All our love xx
£10
Kat Bee
Good luck!
£10
Andrew Snowden
£20
Francesca Kybert
The sun is shining! Have a great run!
£20
Pam & John Wright
Go and “smash it” Cathy. Do try to get ahead of David at the finish. Always proud of those who do the London Marathon for such good causes.
£30
James Watts
Good luck David - hope today goes really well. Such a great cause x
£15
Sarah Peacock
Huge luck today!xx
£10
Helen Crampton
Good luck today! Beautiful day for it! 💪 ☀️ 🏃🏻♀️ 🏃♂️
£50
Diproses
You’ve got this!
£20
Jemma Chisnall
Wishing you all the luck! So impressive x
£5
Lydia
Big respect - have an incredible day 🩵
£20
Lucy Marshall
Good luck today! Go and smash it.
£50
Lou Hutchinson
So impressive David, I didn’t even know you liked running! Good luck to the both of you, such an amazing thing to do. X
£20
John Bates
Well done 👏🏻
£50
Nina Clement
Run your little socks off! Enjoy every minute and keeeep going! Can’t wait to hear all about it. Xx
£10
Joanna Partridge
Good luck!
£50
Colin And Thérèse Giles
Wishing you both the best of luck for tomorrow, and for a fantastic cause!
£50
Emma Cooper
Good luck Brindles! Lots of love from Coops x
£30
Wendy And Paula
Wishing you both a fantastic run, enjoy the atmosphere. We’ll keep our fingers crossed you reach your time goals.
£10
Jane Farley
Good Luck Cathy and David, you will be amazing.
£15
Emma, Charles, Rowan & Elspeth
Good luck to you both and well done for all the hard work training!
£40
Clive And Amy Platt
Best of luck you two!
£60
The Jabbett Crew
Good luck!
£25
Marion H
Best of luck to you both! Marion
£10
Natalie Marchant
As a family, unfortunately we also know all to well about Parkinson's. Thank you for raising money for Parkinson's and wish you both a fab day
£50
Ian And Virginia Castledine
Good luck!
£25
Gary Corden
Good luck Cathy and David, enjoy!
£30
The Mitchenalls
Leg it!!! Good luck David and Cathy. Have an amazing day! Adam, Vicky, Marnie and Frankie xxx
£50
Kiran Nataraja
Run Brinders Run! Best of luck to you both xx
£50
Karen & Jim Selby
Good luck to you both, running for great cause xx
£150
Louisa And Mike
You are both amazing! We will be there cheering you on! Go go go!
£20
Colin Childerhouse
£10
Catherine Childerhouse
Good luck for Sunday Cathy and David, we will be rooting for you. Well done running for such a good cause. Love from us. All the Childerhouses xx
£50
Anonymous
£20
Keith And Janet Morton
Such a worthy cause to support - Good Luck.
£30
Angela Jain
Mighty impressive. Best of luck. Not that you need it. x
£20
Lou Ryan
You are amazing! Good luck, keep going and enjoy the day! xxx
£20
Faye Hamilton
Go get ‘em David and Cathy 🏃♂️🏃♀️💨💨
£20
Ellie-mae, Teresa, Pete And Doreen
Good Luck Cathy and David, you’ll both smash it 💪🏻 xx
£50
Dan Walker
Big love from theatre club
£40
Mary Lambert
Good luck to you both and I’m sure you will do your best.
£50
Roger
£20
Sally Obrey
Good luck to you both. I have no doubt that you’ll smash it Cathy!
£50
Jake R
Great cause! Hope you both smash it!
£30
Jeremy Janet Jeremy And Josh
An amazing cause. Wishing you both the best of luck, you’ve got this !
£30
Helen Killeen
You Got This! Love Helen K
£100
Sean, Reece, Lucy & Holly
Looking forward to proudly cheering you on and seeing you both cross the finish line 🏃♀️🏃
£100
James Callum
Go David & Cathy! Best of luck to you both x
£20
Tom Mcdonald
Good luck!! Hope the knees hold up xxxx
£20
Kay And Michael
Wishing you both good luck.
£20
Lynn And Brian
Good Luck!
£60
Friends And Children At Whitestone Infant School
Good Luck Mrs Mathieson! 🦉
£100
Nic Patten
Good luck to you - and the knees!!! x
£126.20
Shireen Abbott
I am in awe! Lots of luck to you both x
£100
Tim Carter
Wishing you the best of luck. Huge admiration for your true grit!
£20
Madonna Benjamin
Go for it DB!
£50
Seb Curtis
Massive respect for taking this on. Best of luck to you both! x
£200
Dan & Rachel
Getting round is one thing David. Doing without messing up your hair, not sure even you’ll pull that off. Good luck to both of you.
£30
Emma Loach
Proud of you!!!! Good luck Xxxxxxxxxx
£51
Beejal Patel
Best of luck, you’ll smash it. The quid is from the boy btw xxx
£20
Rita Daniels
Good luck 👏🙏
£26
Janet Devenport
Have a great time, both of you, Love Janet & Tony xx
£20
Tina Stock
Good luck Cathy and David. You can do this😊😊
£30
The Paterson Gang
Good luck Cathy and David you are both superstars.
£150
Alison K
Good luck! X 🏃🏻
£10
George Waddingham
Best of luck , and most of all try to enjoy it x
£20
Paula Webster
Good luck both, I’m sure you’ll smash it x
£150
Lily
Good luck BB and Cathy! Now 🤫 until May 🥰
£100
Jayne, Ian, Isaac And Jacob
We will be cheering you on with pride!
£130
Anon
£130
Gary Roden
Good luck to you both. Enjoy every minute, even the bits where you want to cry. Looking fwd to cheering you both on
£50
Hamish Thomson
Awesome work Becky! Very impressed :)
£100
Clare & Nelson
Good luck you two! We’ll be there to cheer you on xx
£50
Sandra Davies
Good Luck both with the run. A brilliant cause, go smash it ! Will be looking out for you on the TV 😊
£30
Fiona Campbell
Well done you two such a good cause best of luck am sure you will Smash it !
£20
Jo Smith
You superstars!
£10
Frazer Hammill
Smash it!!!! Amazing work. xx
£50
Max Gogarty
cheering you on brindles!!
£20
Ruth & Anais Xx
Good Luck Daaaaavid!! And Cathy!
£30
Catherine Catton
Good luck!
£200
David And Stuart
Good luck Cathy and David! You’ll both be amazing. What an incredible thing to do. Enjoy it and have the best day. We’ll be there cheering you on. Xxx
£50
Clare M
Godspeed! What a great thing to do. Wishing you a triumphant run. X
£30
Ricky
Good luck Mr B! XX
£20
Kyle B
£20
Laura Webster
Good luck Cathy and David, you will smash it! Such a worthwhile cause. X
£250
James Graham
I’d definitely be able to do this, and do it faster than Dave, but good luck Cathy. You’re gonna smash it
£100
Jaggsy
You are BRILLIANT. Love Jaggs xx
£100
Clare Partridge
You are both amazing. Super proud already xx
£50
Michael Stott
You mad? Yeah you are. But well done both of you! xxx
£100
Mama
Best of luck you superstars! Wishing you all the best. Can’t wait to watch and see you on the finish line! Jamie Xxx
£110
Sandra & Ian Mathieson And Friends
Go for it Cathy & David!
£140
Friends At Whitestone Infant School
Good Luck!!
£20
Hannah Palfrey
Good luck Cathy and David!
£50
Hazel Andrew
Good Luck to both of you. An amazing challenge to share together and for such an important cause. Love Hazel, Bandy & Girls x
£10
Mary Moss
£20
Heledd And Neil
Good luck!
£20
Jean
Good for you both! You can do it! 😄 👍 X
£10
Karen Grice
Good luck both 👍🏻
£26.20
Allison Wright
Good Luck to both of you, what an amazing challenge for a very worthy cause. Have a brilliant day! Xx
£10
Daisy Michell
Good luck and enjoy every minute! X
£20
Kate Brindley
£10
Deb And Hannah
Good Luck! Love Deb, Hannah and Eric ❤️
£25
Andy & Christine
Go Cathy, Go David - Great cause
£10
Jackie James
Both you and Cathy will do this , great cause . Jackie & Eric
£100
Roger Honey
From Julie Margaret (cousins)
£20
Sara Evans
Good luck DB hope you get a PB! Xx
£40
Kay Sanders
Good Luck!! We’ll be following your progress and know you’ll be ace! X
£260
Vic And Jill
Confident you will both complete this challenge. We are very proud of you. Keep smiling! We will be there to cheer you on.
£30
Giles Cooper
Outstanding cause. Legendary event. You’re going to smash it Dave. Go for it! X
£10
Asha Mistry
Wishing you both the very best of luck whilst training and for the big day! Cathy you are incredible - you’ve got this!
£150
Mark Raphael
£26.20
Peter Goodliffe
Keep on running! Good luck. If I can do it so can you!
£10
Kate Gamblin
A charity close to both of our hearts. You will be amazing Cathy and with your brother too. Will be looking out for you on the day!
£10
Trish & Nick
Such an inspirational challenge to run the London Marathon for such a worthy cause. Well done both! 👏Good luck. Will be thinking of you. Love Trish & Nick
£20
Emma
Well done Cathy and David!
£10
Hannah Yeomans
Good luck!!! You’ll smash it❤️
£20
Yvonne Proudlock
Good luck both of you!! You can do it!! I’ll be thinking of you on the big day! Xxx
£10
Holly Pemberton
Good luck!!
£10
Sarah Kilburn
Good luck to you both! Cathy I know you will smash it xx
£10
Marie Pratt
Such a wonderful thing to do, it will be a real achievement x
£10
Emma King
£10
Lynne Shepherd
Such a great thing to do, wishing you all the luck in the world. X
£10
Sarah Hewitt
Go for it! You are both amazing. X
£10
Laura Dixon
Wonderful cause x
£10
Lynn Knox
£52.40
Sheila And Allan
A pound a mile for both of you! Welcome to the club!
£50
Aimee & Lee
Good luck both - you’ll smash it!
£50
Lucy Blatch
Good luck DB! X
£50
Gareth Heal
Nice work David. You'll nail it.
£20
Claire Morrell
Good luck Brindleys x
£100
Tony Grech-smith
£50
Pecks
Go on DB! x
£20
Clare Mcdonnell
Amazing effort and a fantastic charity to support x
£20
Gareth Davies
Hi cousins, Good luck! Gareth
£20
Heather Smith
In memory of Steve, my husband and Heidi's dad.
£20
Heidi
A cause close to my heart. Go on, you pair of crazies. I hope to be in the crowds so I’ll give you a cheer - so please share your bib numbers when the time comes.
£20
Robi Dutta
It's just mind over marathon! I'm confident you can do it. The day itself when I did it was one of best days of my life. I'm sure it will be for you too. Good lock
£50
Liz Harrison
Well done both!
£100
David Glover
£50
John Hay
I’ll double my donation if you do it head to toe in Reiss knitwear
£20
Peta Obrien
Good luck guys! Xx
£20
Jackie Waldock
My dad had Parkinson’s and the memory loss/dementia that can go with it, which was very difficult for him. All power to your legs for a great cause! Jackie
£30
Anne Ellis
Good luck for the marathon and it's a great cause 👍
£30
Anonymous
Go for it you two!!! Wishing you all the best!!
£100
Erica Cloud
Go go go!!
£50
The Natures
Amazing effort, Take care of that knee! Best of luck with the rest of your prep, would love to come and cheer loudly on the day! Xxx
£30
Baroline
Well done you two! Very best of luck. XX
£30
Emily H.
Go David and Cathy! Seriously impressive. Expect similar smiles at the marathon finish line as you cartwheel over it.
£50
Nick Holt
Good luck both x
£50
Tim L
Cheering you on with the training x
£50
Andy Mac
Run Becky Run x
£25
Rob Unsworth
Best of luck - great cause
£100
Sat & James
Well done David! Good luck… sat and James x
£10
Hollie Phillips
Enjoy every moment, such a fantastic atmosphere to carry you both to the finish! Good luck!
£20
Leo Machado
Go go go!!! Good luck and well done!!!
£10
Rebecca
Great cause, you’ll smash it!
£10
Imogen Barham
£20
Jules Waring
My gorgeous sister in law has Parkinson's and has the dementia which can go hand in hand with it. Hoping so much for a breakthrough which will help future sufferers. So much love David, to you and your sister - Jules xxxxx
£30
Amy B
Just a casual little run. Smash it DB. Tesla x
£100
Ricky Valentine
Go David & Cathy! X
£10
Frazer Hammill
Yesssss!!! What a fantastic cause. Amazing achievement.
£75
Joanna Kaye
making 26 miles for such a good cause will be the greatest thing you’ve ever achieved … even better than best home cook!!!!
£30
Claire
Good luck! x
£80
Sian Williams
Xxx
£50
Shirley Scotland
Wishing you both all success in your marathon. Such a great thing to do x
£20
Amanda Lloyd
Good luck!!
£20
Simon Goodall
£20
Faye Cooke
Good luck! An amazing thing to do, hope you raise lots!
£100
Anna F
So impressed that you're doing this, all the best in your training and on the day x
£20
Sarah Davis
An amazing cause - good luck with it all!
£30
Fr. Paul
Every step is a step closer to your goal
£50
John Platt
Good luck!
£30
Victoria Holley
Go team Brindley and Mathieson xx
£50
Stuart Mathieson
Go for it! 26miles, just a walk in the park!…and a run along that street, down that road, up that hill, past that cathedral, across that river… 😳 huge achievement for a great cause. Good luck both! 🏆
£20
Louise Watson
Good luck to you both and enjoy x
£200
Rob Brindley
Heroes! Here's to finding the inspiration on those cold and dark mornings. The real effort is the part we don't see. Stay injury free. Enjoy it. Sub 2 hour or money back.
£25
Lisa Davies
Good luck both. An amazing challenge for a worthwhile cause. The half was enough for me so I’m well impressed. Go smash it! 🙌😄
£20
Nathaniel Faulkner
All the best. I am sure you will smash it.
£15
Emily Miller
Great work guys! Look after each other! I’ll be watching keenly x
Bravo Brinders! Amazing work! X