For some reason unbeknownst to me and my doctor, in 2012 my body decided to choose Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) as its disease of choice from the array of conditions on offer that accompany the aging process. A potentially life-limiting, life-altering and life changing disease, no-one has ever heard of (except for those people who already have it). After many surgeries on my legs and heart, I seem to be in a group of patients with PAD where restenosis (re-blocking) will occur and standard intervention treatment does not necessarily deliver the best outcome. My family have also had to deal with my diagnosis, not just emotionally but physically, as my ability to deal with some day to day tasks became impossible for me. All my children are fit and active (despite all suffering from Crohns Disease) and it was after a conversation about how much I missed long distance walking, my daughter had the idea that she would try and raise awareness for The Circulation Foundation by organising an event. My son suggested trying to run the arterial tree, but when we discovered that it was 60,000 miles, we needed a rethink... It was then, we had the idea of a massed combined journey around the arteries with people contributing their running/walking/swimming miles to the cause, and maybe, raising much needed funding too. I was delighted because the idea was so inclusive even I could join in.