As most of you will be aware I'm a strong advocate for doing what we can to promote and improve the Physical and Mental Health and Wellbeing of ourselves and others; both of which can help to reduce instances and severity of Mental Ill Health. That being said I'm also acutely aware of the impact Mental Ill Health can have on individuals, families and communities. With that in mind I've decided to run 2021km in 2021 including  the Edinburgh Marathon (or 26.2Miles/42km round Aberdeen on 30th May should Covid get in the way) in aid of Penumbra.

Penumbra is one of Scotland’s largest mental health charities, supporting around 1800 adults and young people every week and employing 400 staff across Scotland.

Founded in 1985, they work to promote mental health and wellbeing for all, prevent mental ill health for people who are ‘at risk’, and to support people with mental health problems.

They provide a wide range of services which offer hope and practical steps towards recovery, campaign to increase public knowledge about mental health and work to influence national and local government policy.

Please do look up their website and in particular their "First Response" service - open to anyone experiencing distress and reduced mental wellbeing - there really is more support out there than you'd imagine and more people who care than you know!

I've linked this page to Strava so you can see my training (2021km  - more than double last years total, smashing PB's as we go!). Plan is to complete the marathon in between 3:15 and 3:30.

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