In June this year, my good friends Tom and Sue had some devastating news.  Their youngest son Harry was diagnosed with one of the most aggressive forms of Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne.  By Harry’s tenth birthday he will be in a wheel chair and his upper body will then begin to shut down due to this rare and painful condition leaving him locked inside his own body. As a muscular degenerative disease eventually his heart will fail, almost certainly before he is 30. The most difficult part - there is no cure, it will happen and it is 100% fatal.

 

So, my best friends Lucy and Sarah and I have decided to run the GRIM challenge on 1 December to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, the leading UK charity focused on muscular dystrophy. They are dedicated to finding treatments and cures and improving the lives of adults and children affected by the condition. As well as providing funding for world class research they also provide practical information, advice and support, campaigning to bring about change and raise awareness.

 

The GRIM is an 8 mile off road challenge through army tracks on a very chilly December morning.  It’s going to be tough and mucky but it couldn’t be for a better cause. www.grimchallenge.co.uk/grim-8/

 

Please support if you can, any amount is gratefully received. For more information please visit www.muscular-dystrophy.org

Thank you so very much

Gina, Sarah and Lucy

xxx