Dear friends I need your help. As you may have noticed, I’ve been trying to raise awareness for mental health issues following the death of my best friend last year following a long battle with depression and anxiety. As someone who suffers from depression, I know how it can affect your life and how the … Continue reading Help!
When I woke up on race day I was feeling pretty good. I wasn’t feeling ill or carrying any injuries so it was a good start compared to some of the previous events. Admittedly after all of the illness that I’ve had since I started my year of challenges and the days lost in training … Continue reading X-Runner Water Wipeout Obstacle Course Race 20 June 2015
Today has seen us pass the £1,000 mark in our fundraising so here's a MASSIVE THANK YOU to all of the generous people who have donated so far. The donations are much appreciated especially by the Blurt Foundation and Mind who can put the money to good use. Here's a big hug for you all … Continue reading Thank You!
During the month of June, Local Giving is giving away prizes to ‘Local Heroes’. For each unique sponsor a fundraiser gets during the month they are given a point and points make prizes! The prizes range from £1000 for the winner to £100. Even a donation of £1 can make the difference so why not … Continue reading Do It For Dan Needs You!
It is with deep regret and a sense of sadness that I need to announce that the next event that was scheduled, Tough Mudder Midlands, which was due to take place on 30 May has been deferred until a later date. Due to the illness that had left me with a couple of weeks to … Continue reading Event Update
As we’re already more than a quarter of the way through the year of challenges for Do It For Dan, it seemed like a good opportunity to take a look back at what has been achieved so far as well as what lies ahead. There have been plenty of ups and down so far and … Continue reading Thank you
The following updates have been posted to the site: New page added - Photo Gallery Pictures from each of the completed events so far Yorkshire 3 Peaks Trek Date changed to 5 September Sponsor page Total updated for current progress Training blog All recent updates posted Completed events The story of the X-Runner Wild Thing … Continue reading New Updates
The day had come about a little too soon for my liking. After the Endurer Dash it was all too obvious that I wasn’t really in the shape that I had hoped I would be for the start of the mud runs and it had proved to be much harder than I was expecting. I … Continue reading X-Runner Wild Thing Mud Run 18 April 2015
It was a Monday morning, 20 January 2014 and I was about to start the getting ready for work when I had received some news that I didn’t want to believe. The tears had started to flow and as I went to tell Elaine what had happened I was struggling to get my words out. … Continue reading Why I’m raising funds for Blurt and Mind
Less than a week to go until the X Runner Wild Thing Mud Run. Preparations are continuing despite not going entirely to plan but the determination is still there. Still looking forward to it even though I'm not as prepared as I would like to be and I'm going it alone this time! If you … Continue reading Let’s get ready to rumble
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