Louise Tidbury
Louise's 850 Mile Run Towards New York!
Fundraising for Get Kids Going!
Story
Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. In total, I am running 850 Miles this year over 10 events - the main one being Scotland because it is the longest. The final and main one is New York Marathon in November hence the name of my page!
I've faced many more challenges in my life and have at times felt close to giving up. But during all of the difficult times, the one thing which has remained consistent for me has been running. Without my running, and the amazing and wonderful people I have met through running, I would be in a very different place. I have therefore decided to embrace that which has bought me so much joy, and use it to help others as I have been helped.
My 10 events are:
Race Across Scotland - 214 Miles
Chester 50 Miler
Liverpool to Manchester 50 Miler
Pennine Barrier 50 Miler
Snowdon 50 Miler
Edinburgh Marathon
Thames Path 100 Miler
South Downs 100 Miler
North Downs 100 Miler
Autumn 100
New York Marathon
Get Kids Going! is a national charity which gives disabled children and young people - up to the age of 26 yrs - the wonderful opportunity of participating in sport. They provide them with specially built sports' wheelchairs so they can do: athletics, marathons, tennis, skiing, rugby, sailing, boccia, basketball, sledge hockey, table tennis, fencing, shooting, archery, powerlifting and many more sports. Get Kids Going! inspires British disabled youngsters to compete in sporting events, from start to paralympic level, by also giving them sports grants to help with their; training, physiotherapy, travel, competition fees, design and development of sports' equipment etc. They use sport to help people to realize their dreams, and also to stop from feeling depressed and helpless and hopeless. Being so attached to sports myself and having felt that dejection of not being able to achieve a personal goal, I can't imagine how I would feel to have this made even harder should I become physically disabled in a way which created more barriers.
Please help me to make a difference. Thank you for your support. Xxx Tids