Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.  My uncle, Muhammad Saleem, was diagnosed with MND in November 2018 and sadly lost his fight against this cruel disease on the 12th March 2020.

MND is a rare progressive terminal disease that affects the nerves in the brain and spinal cord leading to muscle wastage and currently there is no known cure. 

My uncle worked for the Railways for over 41 years from the time of British Rail era.  He was a kind-hearted soul and a passion for the work he did and outside of work always helped others.  

It is very saddening to see someone so active with so much life to do things suddenly not being able too.  This disease came from nowhere, slowly shutting down my uncle's body leaving him unable to walk and unable to talk.

There is no cure for this horrible disease except raising awareness and helping fund the research for a cure.  

Over the last year, I have been running various races for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.  However, due to unprecedented times, the last 2 events have been postponed to September/October so I will be completing the distance via 'virtual' solo running with the intention to complete the actual races later in the year.

The events (listed below) are predominately all local ones with a mixture of 'fun' & endurance races with the intention that friends and family can join me on this journey.  Furthermore, many are for other good causes  so means we have been supporting multiple good causes along the way to running 105 miles for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

• 23 June 2019 - Cancer Research Run for Life 5k (Sutton Park)
• 24 August 2019 - Big Fun Run 5k (Cannon Hill Park)
• 8 September 2019 - Great North Run
• 15 September 2019 - British Heart Foundation Handsworth 10k
• 5 October 2019 - Mencap 10k (Sutton Park)
• 20 October 2019 - Asda Foundation Yorkshire Marathon
• 3 November 2019 - N.I.C.E (Conductive Education) 10k
• 16 November 2019 - Mo Run 10k (Sutton Park)
• April 2020 - London Marathon (postponed until Oct 2020)
• May 2020 - Sutton Fun Run (postponed until Sept 2020)

"Virtual" Solo Runs:

• 19th April 2020 - Marathon around streets of Birmingham
• 31st May 2020 - 8.5 miles around the Sutton Fun Run route 
• 21st June 2020 - 21 miles as part of Run 21, MND Challenge as part of Global MND Awareness Day

Thank you for your support - I will keep you updated on the progress!

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