We have decided to do a ridiculous thing and we have signed up to run the Midnight Sun Marathon in Tromsø in June 2025. We want to use this opportunity to raise money for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and so we need your help.

At the beginning of 2024, we had our first child. While it was unquestionably the greatest moment of our lives, it was also a pretty rough time. I (Serian) had a difficult pregnancy, there were complications with the birth, an emergency C-section, and then two weeks in hospital for more complications.

Throughout the entire time, neither of us could stop thinking about the situation in Palestine. As we prepared for birth, news was coming out of Gaza of women undergoing C-sections without anaesthetic, children being murdered, and families facing unbearable loss. As we have taken our first steps as parents, families have been wiped out. We needed to do something to offer help and solidarity.

I (Serian) wanted a challenge to make me feel more like myself and figure out this new body. I (Frodi) have always wanted to do a marathon (following in the footsteps of my far-too-energetic mother and grandfather). We have family in Tromsø and so it felt like the perfect option. We are very nervous about training around two PhDs and a baby, but we really want to make this happen. Please help keep us on track and support MAP with their work.