Jess's 10k run page
Jess Griffith is raising money for Irish Cancer Society
In memory of Mario Minihan
Story
Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.
Not many of you know this....
Prior to 6 months ago I'd never run and didn't really want too either.
That being said I will be running 10k on the 17th March which is when my younger brother would have turned 40 if he'd hadn't died of a very rare genetic disorder which caused him to get cancer at 21 that went undetected until it was too late.
Very few people know that I also have this rare genetic disorder as do my 5 other siblings. Considering the odds were 50/50 of us each having the disorder we are quite a 'special' family with all of us having it!
If it wasn't for the research that cancer charities do I would have already lost another 2 close family members so I am very grateful, that me and my family, are so well taken care of so if we do get cancer it will be detected early.
My brother was a runner.....so I have been training very hard and am doing this 10k run to honour his memory and make him proud....and if I can raise a bit of money for the Irish Cancer Society too in the process all the better. I've never done a sponsored event before and don't intend to again (unless I'm still running in another 10 years!) so if you can spare a few euro please do so, as so many of us will be touched by cancer at some stage during our lives.