26.2 miles. What could go wrong??
Barry Gwilliam
My Story
Why run for charity?
Good question! It's a bloody long way!
The reason:
My son was born in 1995 and diagnosed with ADHD at age 5, followed by Aspergers and Dyspraxia at age 6.
It has not been an easy ride, but I will spare you the finer details! Suffice to say there have been hours, days and weeks of heartache and tears. But at age 29, he has come thru it all, has his own house, a good job and a very stable life. I am ridiculously proud of him and he is my best mate.
Not all kids are that lucky! When children experience traumatic experiences like abuse and neglect, their brain adapts to help them cope in a threatening and unpredictable environment. These changes can have a significant impact on their mental health later in life.
Now, I realise that at 56 and after 6 years of trying, time is running out and I'm probably never going to get a ballot place due to constantly increasing numbers of applications. So, if I really want to do this I should try and make a difference and do something to help a charity I can be strongly invested in.
The charity:
Childhood First provide class-leading, therapeutic residential care and education to 5 to 18 year old children, 100% of whom have suffered severe abuse and neglect. Looked after children (otherwise known as children in care) are at a greater risk of experiencing emotional and behavioural difficulties, low educational attainment and are overrepresented in the youth justice system. Every looked-after child needs to be properly supported to succeed in education and in life.
Childhood First has two homes in Norfolk and three homes and a school in Kent. The homes offer a warm and therapeutically designed environment where the children will, probably for the first time in their lives, feel secure, stable and nurtured, breaking the cycle of trauma for future generations.
Click here for more info....
The runner:
I got the running bug late in life (2014, aged 46), and half marathons soon became my favourite distance. It has to be said tho, I've never completed a half marathon and thought to myself "oooh, let's do another lap". But, here we are with a place in the 2025 TCS London marathon. It's also perfect timing fitness-wise as I've not consistently run since lockdown. While everyone was getting fit with Joe Wicks and enjoying the empty streets, I was keeping Just Eat in business!! So I'm at my heaviest and potentially my most unfit for at least a decade! What could go wrong!!
The links: Instagram YouTube Strava Everything Else!
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Target
£2,000
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Raised so far
£145
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Number of donors
5
My Story
Why run for charity?
Good question! It's a bloody long way!
The reason:
My son was born in 1995 and diagnosed with ADHD at age 5, followed by Aspergers and Dyspraxia at age 6.
It has not been an easy ride, but I will spare you the finer details! Suffice to say there have been hours, days and weeks of heartache and tears. But at age 29, he has come thru it all, has his own house, a good job and a very stable life. I am ridiculously proud of him and he is my best mate.
Not all kids are that lucky! When children experience traumatic experiences like abuse and neglect, their brain adapts to help them cope in a threatening and unpredictable environment. These changes can have a significant impact on their mental health later in life.
Now, I realise that at 56 and after 6 years of trying, time is running out and I'm probably never going to get a ballot place due to constantly increasing numbers of applications. So, if I really want to do this I should try and make a difference and do something to help a charity I can be strongly invested in.
The charity:
Childhood First provide class-leading, therapeutic residential care and education to 5 to 18 year old children, 100% of whom have suffered severe abuse and neglect. Looked after children (otherwise known as children in care) are at a greater risk of experiencing emotional and behavioural difficulties, low educational attainment and are overrepresented in the youth justice system. Every looked-after child needs to be properly supported to succeed in education and in life.
Childhood First has two homes in Norfolk and three homes and a school in Kent. The homes offer a warm and therapeutically designed environment where the children will, probably for the first time in their lives, feel secure, stable and nurtured, breaking the cycle of trauma for future generations.
Click here for more info....
The runner:
I got the running bug late in life (2014, aged 46), and half marathons soon became my favourite distance. It has to be said tho, I've never completed a half marathon and thought to myself "oooh, let's do another lap". But, here we are with a place in the 2025 TCS London marathon. It's also perfect timing fitness-wise as I've not consistently run since lockdown. While everyone was getting fit with Joe Wicks and enjoying the empty streets, I was keeping Just Eat in business!! So I'm at my heaviest and potentially my most unfit for at least a decade! What could go wrong!!
The links: Instagram YouTube Strava Everything Else!
