I'm taking part in the 2017 Melbourne Marathon Festival and hoping to raise much needed funds for Research into Acquired Brain Injury.

In July 2016, I was involved in a head-on vehicle collision and as a result suffered a severe brain injury. I was airlifted to the Alfred and placed in an induced coma for 9 weeks. I spent 2 weeks in ICU, 4 weeks in the neurological ward, and was finally transferred to Caulfield ABI for further 4 months of rehabilitation. Right from the start, I received special care and treatment which saved my life and has enabled me to recover beyond initial expectations. I thank all those who were part of this including the air mica paramedics, ICU and neuro ward and ABI unit. I had to re-learn how to do everything, things that I will now never take for granted: talking, eating, walking and drinking. One of my goals is to run. I hope to fulfil this dream real soon, running with family and friends at the Melbourne marathon.

This October, my team and I (Team Bethany) is going to be sweating it out and doing our best to complete a gruelling course through the streets of Melbourne and ending back at the world famous 'G!