A dad is set to take on the London Marathon in memory of his baby son who died from cot death 40 years ago.
Peter Armer, from Overton near Heysham, will run the marathon next April to raise funds for the Lullaby Trust, a charity supporting parents who have suffered a cot death.
Next March will mark the 40th anniversary of Jake’s death, aged just four-and-a-half months.
Jake was born on October 30 1985.
"He was a big and healthy boy and developed in the usual way up to 18 weeks old," said Peter.
"But on March 11 1986 our lives changed forever when Jake failed to wake up one morning.
"He had fallen victim to cot death, and I have to say that 40 years later I can still cry like a baby when I think of that time and the pointless loss of a young boy who had his life ahead of him.
"After Jake died I dealt with my demons with physical exercise, and that was by running, running and more running.
"I joined with a group of friends in running 44 miles from Keswick to Barrow to raise funds for the then cot death charity, The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (now the Lullaby Trust), and carried out many more fund-raising activities.
"Those activities brought some relief and helped me to feel that Jake’s death was not entirely in vain.
You can donate to Peter's page HERE.
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