Kathryn's Quarantine Garden Runs

Kathryn Hough is raising money for Whizz Kidz
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Quarantine Garden Runs · 20 September 2020

Whizz Kidz provides young wheelchair users with the equipment and skills they need to live life as independently as possible, at home, at school, at work and beyond.

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I have just spent just over three weeks walking across Switzerland on the Via Alpina Mountain Pass Route and then on to Geneva following paths near the north side of Lake Geneva.  In line with UK Covid19 legislation I am now required to self isolate at home for 14 days.

Some children with mobility issues are unable to go out independently as they have no access to the mobility aids they require.  This is a lifetime issue not a 14 day inconvenience.  I am fortunate that I can still move round the garden independently.  I plan to take on the challenge of running a half marathon (measured using my Garmin) around the garden on each day of quarantine.

I have been particularly fortunate that some parts of my work can be done from home so to fit this run in during daylight (to avoid recurrently turning on the neighbour's proximity lights) I will need to split the run on some days.  I plan to donate a proportion of my income during this period to Whizz-Kidz as without the support of sympathetic "employers" I would have been unable to earn money during this period of time.

Please help these children by donating.  Each donation will go towards helping a child with disability towards independent mobility.  Remember that every bit helps and multiple small donations soon add up.......

My first day was Saturday 19th September and I completed my 13.1 miles in 02:11:26 so it's certainly not a course for personal bests.  It's hard work with all the tight turns and multi terrain (grass and block paving) and I struggled through - think I had not fuelled up enough.  I will report regularly on progress and hope I don't get injured.

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Donation summary

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£1,095.00
+ £140.00 Gift Aid
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£1,095.00
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