Liz Adams
Heidi, Ruth, Faye & Liz's 24 Hour Challenge
Fundraising for The Running Charity
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Heidi, Ruth, Faye and Liz are doing a 24 hour running challenge this Friday 31st July!
Starting at 2pm, we will be running one mile every hour, right through until Saturday afternoon.
Just to round it up to a marathon distance, we'll tag a bit more on to the first two runs to make it 26.2 miles in total.
We are doing this to let more people know about The Running Charity and the work it does (and also because we've never done it before and wanted to see what it was like 😝).
The Running Charity believes that running is as good for your mind as it is for your body. Running builds resilience and self-esteem, and we use this to improve the lives of 16-25 year-olds who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Homelessness can happen at any time and to anyone. And when it happens to a young person it can affect them for the rest of their life. We use running to improve fitness and instil a goal-setting mentality that are key tools in helping these vulnerable young people to build healthy, sustainable futures.
Here's a link to their website, where you can find out more and read about some of the inspirational young people and the amazing things they have achieved. Since the start of this year, we now have a hub right here in Leeds, too 🧡.
If you would like to support the charity, please share this post to let more people know about it. If you are able to donate, small charities like this appreciate it so much, especially with many large fundraising events being cancelled or postponed this year.
If you're in or around Leeds, why not drop by to run a mile with us? Comment or message to let us know, so we know when to expect you and can make sure we keep to small numbers of runners (and so we can let you know where our base camp is!). We will aim to set off at the top of each hour, and you don't need to worry about the pace 😉. Or, just come and say hi!
Thank you in advance for your support,
Heidi, Ruth, Faye and Liz x