Ely dad's 'mammoth' monthly run for charity

TOM IS RACING TO SECURE A COMPANION FOR HIS DAUGHTER

- By ASHLEA HICKIN [e-mail] @AshleaHickin

Tom Maynard, 39, with daughter Dottie

A DAD from Ely has set himself the task of running 12 half marathons in 12 months.

Tom Maynard, 39, lives in Ely with his wife, Rachael, their three-year-old son Rex, and seven-year-old daughter Dottie, who is profoundly deaf.

It is Dottie who has inspired the mammoth marathon challenge, as Mr Maynard will be raising funds for the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.

Dottie was born profoundly deaf with enlarged vestibular aqueducts and Mondini malformation.

She wears cochlear implants in both ears and was fitted the first at 14-months-old, in May 2019, and the second a few months later.

However despite the challenges Dottie has faced, she is thriving in mainstream school where her teachers wear a mini mic that sends sound straight to her implants.