Running 100 miles for Maggie’s Centres
New Year, New Challenges
Each New Year offers a range of resolutions, opportunities, the chance to do something good and 2022 is certainly no different! Every January the home of cancer care, Maggie’s Centres, encourages runners (and walkers) to challenge themselves to complete 50 miles while raising much needed funds for the charity.
Supporting Maggie’s
Maggie’s offers the best possible support to anyone with cancer (and their loved ones) plus the best thing is that it’s completely free. Anyone is able to visit one of their welcoming centres across the country or join the online community. Maggie’s aim is to provide the opportunity for people to take back control when cancer turns life upside down, by helping with professional support for anything from treatment side effects to money worries.
The number of participants taking part in the Run 50 Miles event grows year on year with each individual raising at least £150 to help fund the compassionate and caring support that Maggie’s provides to those living with cancer in the UK. The Run 50 Miles challenge amounts to a little over 1.5 miles per day, but Paul, our Founder & Principal Consultant, felt he could take the challenge one step further by completing not just 50, but 100 miles this January!
Running to achieve a goal
So far, Paul’s winter running experience has proven you can’t be a fair weather runner in January. As expected in the depths of winter, mornings and evenings are dark, temperatures in single digits or below zero and rain, sleet, snow, frost and ice all try to eat away at that determination to complete the task. One of the keys that has unlocked the challenge for Paul, is setting an achievable goal. Like with many things, without setting a goal it is difficult to determine what there is to aim for. Paul’s advice for anyone looking to do the same or similar challenge, is once you have something to aim for, the goal becomes the oxygen that fuels or motivates you getting there.
Joining Team Maggie’s was important for Paul, especially as the centres have been hit hard by the reduced fund raising due to Covid and any donations would be greatly appreciated. For updates and information on how to support Paul’s journey, please visit his fundraising page on Facebook.
