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Delian Entchev

London Marathon 2025

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Help me fight for lung health in the 2025 London Marathon!

One day I was sitting down in a uni class when I suddenly felt short of breath. I attributed this to exhaustion or poor fitness, but then it persisted for another fortnight. Imagine my shock finding out that one of my lungs had completely collapsed! Not long after, I needed to have my lung wall surgically glued back into place.

The human body is an enigma. What I experienced is called a spontaneous pneumothorax. It happens without a clear cause in about 7 of 100,000 people, and is most prevalent in tall, thin, healthy males.

After this experience I stopped taking for granted my health and ability to exercise, and became a regular runner. I feel so grateful that I have the freedom and ability to experience the highs, lows, pain and euphoria of running.

Next year I've been offered the incredible opportunity to run in the London Marathon on behalf of Asthma + Lung UK. This is the only UK charity focussed on researching, treating and preventing lung conditions, which is unfortunately a severely underfunded field of medicine. Every minute someone in the UK is diagnosed with a lung condition, and lung conditions are the third largest killer in the UK, but they only receive 2% of public health research funding.

Please help me raise £2,000 to help Asthma + Lung UK fight for everyone's right to breathe. Just £22 allows one of its respiratory nurses to answer a helpline call, offering potentially lifesaving advice. It's a cause close to my heart... and lungs!

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£1,223 + £42.69 GiftAid

My Goal

£2,000

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My Achievements

Thank you to my Sponsors

£52.50

Clinton D'silva

Nice work Del!

£40

Wenbo & Dora

Good luck Delian!!! Cheering you on 👏

£26.25

Dale Adams

Amazing effort Del - best of luck for the race!

£63

Daniel Micallef

£100

Stephen Arnold

£52.50

Kate Read

Dearest Delian, I am so excited to see you challenging yourself and reaching higher running goals. You inspire me and I’m so happy to support you and your fundraiser. What a beautiful cause and was heartwarming to read your story. Love you lots and best of luck!

£15.75

Leanne Q

Hooray! You have got this :)

£15

Miles M

You’ll get it done mate! Good Luck! Miles

£15

Matt Taylor

Such a lovely cause to run for Dels! I’m sure you’ll smash the marathon — big love from Sydney

£40

Lian Park

£15.75

Daphne Li

Let’s go Delian! ☺️🙌

£15.75

Malin Wijesuriya

£15.75

Marshall Li

Go on then

£6.30

Daphne Li

£10

Martin Diep

£40

Kevin Tree

£120

Elaine Yip

All the best Delian!!!

£100

Michelle Tsang

LET’S GO UNCLE DIDI

£42

Tina Jiang

£42

Fiona Jiang

Go Didi!!!

£105

Biliana Entchev

Good luck!

£40

Kalin Entchev

I don't like running but I like the cause :) Best of luck!

£25

Lisa Gong

Rounding it up to £50 so I can get my name personally embroidered by Winnie (and ofc for such an awesome cause) Best of luck Delian!! I know full well you will absolutely smash the run!

£25

Lisa Gong

£100

Winnie Jiang

Delian, I am so proud of you for championing this cause. Your love of running has always been an inspiration to me, especially after what you went through. I am so excited to support your journey and cheer you across the finish line!

£100

Delian Entchev

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