Hi all
Some nice people on the forum asked if I would post updates and news on my challenge to run a marathon in all 28 EU countries for Invest In Me (http://www.investinme.org/) and their biomedical research activities.
There's a snapshot of what I'm doing and why over at www.justgiving.com/mikeseumarathons
I'm up to number 9 (Oct 23rd) in Toulouse, France having completed UK, Czech Rep, Finland, Ireland, Greece, Sweden, Poland and Brussels so far.
Next year I've booked Spain (Barcelona, Mar 13th) and Luxembourg (May 27th) and will book another 3 when I have the money/hopefully corporate sponsorship.
Here's how the races have gone so far: http://www.mikeseumarathons.eu/race-reports.html
It's not just about running and donations, I meet with ME patients and charities/associations in each country and help raise awareness of their plight in the media there and internationally if I can. http://www.mikeseumarathons.eu/me-in-the-eu.html
So far I've met with people on nearly every trip which has been fantastic. I've set up a Polish ME Facebook Support Group and raised over £5K of the £26.2K challenge I've set myself; aside from the journey from couch potato to marathon runner it's been an incredible journey. I hope to get the next 20 races done by 2021, quicker if I get corporate sponsorship in.
I'll be posting little updates and news from every country I get to. Next week I'm interviewing Francoise Becavin from ASFC to find out whats going on in France, will post it here.
You can follow me at www.facebook.com/mikeseumarathons and @mikeseumaras on twitter.
Thanks for reading
Mike
Some nice people on the forum asked if I would post updates and news on my challenge to run a marathon in all 28 EU countries for Invest In Me (http://www.investinme.org/) and their biomedical research activities.
There's a snapshot of what I'm doing and why over at www.justgiving.com/mikeseumarathons
I'm up to number 9 (Oct 23rd) in Toulouse, France having completed UK, Czech Rep, Finland, Ireland, Greece, Sweden, Poland and Brussels so far.
Next year I've booked Spain (Barcelona, Mar 13th) and Luxembourg (May 27th) and will book another 3 when I have the money/hopefully corporate sponsorship.
Here's how the races have gone so far: http://www.mikeseumarathons.eu/race-reports.html
It's not just about running and donations, I meet with ME patients and charities/associations in each country and help raise awareness of their plight in the media there and internationally if I can. http://www.mikeseumarathons.eu/me-in-the-eu.html
So far I've met with people on nearly every trip which has been fantastic. I've set up a Polish ME Facebook Support Group and raised over £5K of the £26.2K challenge I've set myself; aside from the journey from couch potato to marathon runner it's been an incredible journey. I hope to get the next 20 races done by 2021, quicker if I get corporate sponsorship in.
I'll be posting little updates and news from every country I get to. Next week I'm interviewing Francoise Becavin from ASFC to find out whats going on in France, will post it here.
You can follow me at www.facebook.com/mikeseumarathons and @mikeseumaras on twitter.
Thanks for reading
Mike
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