As part of ME awareness Week 2025 (11th-17th May) I am attempting a 10K run to raise money for ME Research UK, via Walk for M.E.

The Walk for M.E initiative is pretty simple. A significant number of people with ME/CFS are bed-bound, house-bound or can only walk short distances, which contributes to the feeling of invisibility that so many people with ME have. Walk for M.E allows family and friends to walk, run, swim, hop etc any distance they choose, basically, do something that their loved one would love to be able to do but can’t.

I’m choosing to stagger around Preston Park on behalf of Moira, who less than three years ago would have been running this distance without a thought, but now is mostly limited to our flat.

The money raised will go to ME Research UK who fund much needed biomedical investigation in the causes and treatment of ME/CFS.

Wish me luck

Beth x

Link to ME Research UK: https://www.meresearch.org.uk/

Link to Walk for M.E: https://walkforme.co.uk/wordpress/

Recently publsihed research: Mansoubi M, Richards T, Ainsworth-Wells M, et al. Understanding symptom clusters, diagnosis and healthcare experiences in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID: a cross-sectional survey in the UK

BMJ Open 2025;15:e094658. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094658