It’s done
31 October 2017
Bare with me, I will stop posting about this bloody marathon very soon!
But before I sign off and close our give a little page I wanted to share a few thoughts....
I knew before I started that my challenge was going to be as much mental as it was physical and it really was! Especially in the last 8 kms when every part of me hurt, my muscles were cramping and I knew that I still had at least 50 minutes of running ahead. But it confirmed something for me, that although crossing the finish line was important it was reaching it that was the challenge. Like with any physical or mental illness it’s the support along your journey that keeps you going.
For me it was the messages of support, the donations to our page, the bag of thoughtful gifts from work colleagues, the volunteers on the side lines supplying us with drinks, the knowledge that around the next corner or over the next hill we might see our family or a friend, the strangers calling our names and cheering us on, my friend at my side talking to me to distract me from the pain and finally, knowing that when we saw that finish line approaching that our family and friends would be there cheering us on to share in our achievement .
So if you know someone who is suffering with a mental illness, be that person who sends a text, offers a drink, calls out their name and encourages them forwards, distract them from their pain, be the one at the finish line, be that hope xx
