Last November, my father passed away.

To honour his life , and celebrate his resilience (he beat cancer 4 times), I made a commitment:

𝗥𝘂𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴.

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿.

After 800km of training, and a lot pain on the day, the first milestone was completed

📍𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵, 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗼, 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 (the “Venice of Portugal”)

- 3h:34m (2h:51m smoothly and 43m going through hell)

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫.

🏃 Back to training now.

📍 Lisbon is in October.

But to honour is to carry forward the values he stood for.

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆:

❤️ 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲

While the world is focused on geopolitics and headlines, Mozambique has suffered the 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Crops have been decimated, 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞.

⚠️ 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲.

Through 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 (𝗨𝗺 𝗣𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼), 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥:

🍽️ They feed 2,500 children their one hot meal of the day

but only 4 a times a week

🚀 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝟱!

💡 With just 50€ you can feed one child for one year

❓ 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩?

Make this all matter well beyond the marathon finish lines:

𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.

𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆.

PS: This is personal! I’ve seen firsthand the impact delivered by A Little Gesture, A Great Help (Um Pequeno Gesto Uma Grande Ajuda).

It was founded by my wife over 20 years ago, and ever since, she has dedicated most of her “free time” to it, maximising the impact on the ground.