30/08/2026
🏃Good morning all, another charity running post 🙄.
🗓️ 5weeks today I’ll be running the Manchester Half Marathon for Cancer Research UK. I’m running to improve my physical and mental health, whilst making some money for a very worthy course. At the ripe age of 46, I need to be doing something to keep healthy and to be here for the long term for my family. It’s completely my choice though, no one’s making me do it. but it’s not easy.
⏱️ For the last 6 weeks I’ve managed to run 3 times per week, on top of working a full time job and being a dad to 3 girls 9 and under. This means after the working day, by the time we’ve got everyone to bed and I just want to slump in a chair, I get changed and go out running. Either that or I have to get up before everyone else gets up. I’d say I’ve moved from hating it to being ambivalent towards it 😂.
💪🏼 I do feel good about feeling fitter and stronger and I can’t drop my streak now of not missing a run. I guess the point I’m trying to make is the Half Marathon is almost the easy bit. It’s 2 1/2 ish hours of my life. The real challenge is sticking at the training.
❓So why the post?
➡️ 1 in 2 people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
➡️ Around 423,884 new cases are diagnosed each year.
➡️ About 168,697 people die from cancer each year.
😔 I personally know far too many people whose lives have at worst been lost and at best have been heavily impacted by cancer. If you can spare a couple of quid (details in comments) it could change someone’s life
❤️ If you’ve got this far, thank you!
