Emily's 20x20km in 2020 - #TeamMND
Emily Stacey is raising money for Motor Neurone Disease Association
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Thank you for visiting my fundraising page!
My wonderful Grandma Val lost her battle with Motor Neurone Disease on Christmas Day 2019. MND is a disease that affects the nerves (motor neurones) in the brain and spinal cord that tell your muscles what to do.
There are approximately 5,000 people in the UK living with MND.
Grandma was diagnosed about 2 years ago and was given around 3 months to live. Our Val is a fighter though and she made it all the way to end of 2019.
There is no cure and as the disease progresses it becomes increasingly difficult to care for loved ones without equipment and specialist support.
MNDA is an amazing charity which helps provide this essential support for MND sufferers. They also help to fund essential research into the diseases to both work toward a cure and to help improve care.
Having watched for the past couple of years as my brave Grandma has suffered with this disease, I decided that its about time that I helped to raise awareness of the disease and fundraise to help contribute to the work that MNDA do.
In 2020, I have decided to take on the challenge of running 20 x 20km runs. This works out at just less than a half marathon every 2 -3 weeks for the whole year. While I have run half-marathons in the past, I have never taken on a challenge which will demand such consistent dedication and commitment.
I was really hoping she’d be around to see the start of this challenge but unfortunately it was not meant to be - but she knew all about my plans and was sure to warn me about not getting injured.
I will be attempting to document the challenge throughout the year on Instagram and Facebook so feel free to follow and keep me accountable! There are some key dates throughout the year where I will be running organised events. I will post about these in due course, but please do come along and support if you can - it would mean a lot. Finally, obviously any and all donations are welcome!
Peace and love,
Emily