A woman from Crouch End raised thousands for a neurological charity after her mother died from a rare brain condition.

Sarah Miller, 47, raised £7,000 for the PSP Association, a charity supporting people with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a rare neurological disease, by running the Royal Parks Half Marathon.

Ms Miller, who completed the 13 mile route in 2.24 hours, decided to take on the challenge after her mother Judy died from the disease in April.

She said: “It was hard watching mum deteriorate and dad struggling to look after her. My mum was a fiercely independent and feisty woman. PSP took that away from her.

“I saw a poster explaining how you could run for a cause. I thought about it and how incredible it would be to run for mum. I also knew that I wanted to raise a considerable amount of money”.

PSP is a neurological condition which slowly robs people of the ability to walk, talk, feed themselves or communicate effectively. The average life expectancy is seven years from the onset of symptoms.

Ms Miller added: “My goal was simple. I needed to raise as much money as possible to find a cure. I really wasn’t interested in running, for me it was much more important to raise the money.

“My husband Larry said to me that people were going to resent me for badgering them all the time but I didn’t mind."