I did it! I ran the Cardiff Half Marathon for under 2 hrs! (1.54.55) I am incredibly pleased and am hoping you would support my chosen charity as I continue to set challenges for myself for the next year!
It's going to be Pembrokeshire Coast Triathlon!
My nephew Oula got ill when he was only 3 years old. It all started with an inflammation in his knee and quickly spread to most of his body. He was in constant pain and irritable and walking and running became difficult for this extremely agile and mobile little boy who enjoyed climbing and heights. We found out that he had Juvenile Idiopatic Arthritis which was a shock, although not an end to his world, meant a possible lifetime of treatment.
The medicine and treatment given to this illness include harsh steroids and even cancer medicine, which have severe side effects and can harm his young immune system. We know so little of this disease and my sister was keen to look for additional and alternative treatments to this disease to help him cope with pain, to reduce and combat infection and to build up his immune system. However,information about treating JIA varies and no real answers exist.
I decided to run the Cardiff half marathon - as a challenge to myself, because I CAN, when so many other people can't because of many illnesses and trauma. I would like to raise awareness of sufferers of this illness inparticular and the need to research to understand causes of this immobilising illness, and ways in which diet, toxins and stress can trigger it, and how to help children's bodies cope and heal themselves.
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So please donate now, and all donations go to the Children's Arthritis Trust. You can also donate quick and easyvia text message:
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RUNH77 £(and the amount you wish to donate)
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