A TEAM of fundraisers are preparing to run 10k in support of a couple whose 22-month-old son died.

The runners, from Fitness Flex boot camp, decided to take on the Brutal 10, at Windmill Hill, to raise money for The Sudden Unexplained Death in Children (SUDC) Foundation.

They signed up to the extreme endurance challenge in support of Emslie and Sally Law, whose son Thomas died suddenly in his sleep.

The couple, who are members of the boot camp, tried for six years to have a baby and underwent four rounds of fertility treatment before conceiving their only child.

But on March 14, 2013, they put their 22-month-old to bed, only to find him lifeless hours later.

As previously reported in The Gazette, an inquest into Thomas’ death found the cause to be sudden infant death syndrome, associated with chicken pox.

Around 80 members of Fitness Flex will now take part in Brutal 10 tomorrow to raise funds for the charity that supports those who have lost their children suddenly and unexpectedly.

Holli Darmody, one of the runners, said: “We all decided that we want to do our next run together for SUDC. The run is on the anniversary of Thomas’ death, it’s been two years."

The event will challenge the runners to make their way across hills, swamps, and woodland trails, pushing them to their limit.

Twenty-seven-year-old Holli, a mother-of-one, from South Ham, said: “There are about 80 of us doing it and some who have never done a run like this in their life. They will be absolutely fine, we will all do it together.

"Steve Dennis runs Fitness Flex and introduced us all and without him none of us would be fit enough to take part in these races."

The team are asking people to sponsor them by donating to Mr and Mrs Law’s Just Giving fundraising page, which they set up in memory of their son to raise funds for The SUDC Foundation.

Group member Abigail Hills, along with Emslie, have been drumming up support by wearing "Tough for Thomas" t-shirts during any runs they take, and encouraging people to buy the t-shirts.

On the page, the couple posted: “There was no indication of anything being wrong before we put him to bed that fateful evening when our world was shattered. He was our miracle boy. The child we’d yearned for and finally got, after six hard years of trying. A little man with a smile and giggle to cheer any moment and melt any heart.

“The light of our lives was taken and everything is now, and will forever more be, slightly darker for not having him with us.

“The pain of loss does not diminish with time, it is a constant, always there. But we we go on and want to make his life and the joy he brought to so many be the purpose of our lives and not focus on that horrible evening and the time after.”

The couple have so far raised over £1,000.

To donate visit http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/thomaslaw/thomaslawsfundraisingpage-1.