Thank you for visiting my JustGiving page supporting the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA).

This charity is one that is close to my heart as a family member has Motor Neurone Disease (MND).

Inspired by Kevin Sinfield's 7 marathons in 7 days for MNDA, I have taken on my own challenge of doing my own 7 in 7. Starting on Monday 27th May 2024, I will be running seven 10 kilometer distanced runs over 7 consecutive days, finishing on Sunday 2nd June. I will be running these distances in local areas, including Astley Park, Haigh Hall, Rivington and the final leg starting in Withnell and finishing at Chorley Golf Club.

This challenge will contribute to the fundraising my dad, as the 2024 Chorley Golf Club Captain, is also doing on behalf of MNDA.

I previously did not know much about MND, however, surprisingly this condition is relatively common and affects 1 in 300 people. Little is known about why this may occur and that can make diagnosis difficult. Often diagnosis can take a long time with lots of tests and uncertainty for those involved.

In simple terms MND is where the messages sent by the motor neurones in the brain gradually become weaker and eventually no longer reach the muscles they used to. This causes those muscles to become weaker, stiffer and begin to waste. This affects a variety of muscles in our body and due to this there are different forms of MND depending on which muscles are affected. People with MND can gradually lose their speech, mobility, ability to swallow, independence with self care and their breathing can be impacted. No individuals journey post diagnosis is the same and the progression and symptoms of this can be different for each person affected.

MND is life limiting and there is no cure but support by the NHS and MNDA charity is invaluable and can support people affected to have the best quality of life.

Unfortunately, MND is massively underfunded and the MNDA charity has done an amazing job recently of promoting the condition and raising awareness. This charity offers support to people affected and their loved ones. This support can be answering questions and reassuring those affected, to the provision of funding for equipment. Importantly, they also research in to the condition as so little is known about it and government funding is minimal.

I would like to thank you for taking the time to read through this and would also like to thank you for supporting me! I know I can run a 10km distance (I have completed a marathon in 2021), however, I have never tried to do so seven consecutive days, so I imagine it will not be an easy task!

I am grateful that a number of friends and family have already offered to accompany me on individual runs. If you want to join me for any of the runs, your support would be greatly appreciated! So please spur me on and donate to this amazing cause.

Thank you, Dan