I’m doing Race to the Stones 100K ultra to raise funds for Sycamore Counselling as they provide a much needed low cost counselling service to local people experiencing mental health and wellbeing struggles, see https://sycamorecounselling.org.uk

Donations to Sycamore for counselling from clients range from £15 to £30 per session so the charity really runs on a shoestring. It’s not listed on platforms like this so I’m crowdfunding for them. I’ve been a volunteer counsellor at the service for over a year so I’ve seen first hand what valuable work they do. Even if you’ve never needed counselling, I’m sure you’ll have appreciated non-judgemental and warm listening from supportive people in your life.

What can I say to persuade you to donate to this very worthy cause? Anyone who knows me knows I do love running and have done a fair bit of it over the last decade or so, for example see Badgers BUT I have never run a 100K ultra in 24 hours. For those who prefer miles to kilometres that‘s 62.14 miles. In other words a-really-long-way. Running ‘Race to the Stones’ in July 2025 will be a considerable personal challenge, especially as I retired from long distance running 3 years ago! Please do support me if you can 🙏

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