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<div>Five years ago today, on March 19th, I was diagnosed with an incurable Brain Cancer.
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<div>Gym at 7am… seizure, hospital, scans, brain tumour diagnosis by 7pm.
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<div>Quite the day.
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<div>At the age of 25 they said that with chemo, radio and surgery that I'd be lucky if I lived past the age of 40.
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<div>&amp; if someone had told that chubby, borderline alcoholic that five years later he'd have run 5 ultra marathons, well, the word bullshit would have been involved.
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<div>But here we are.
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<div>&amp; what next, I hear you ask? How do we celebrate todays milestone?
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<div>By running 720km's in 15 days (over 17 marathons before you whip out a calculator). Along the coast of South Africa from Cape Town to Natures Valley.
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<div>Why?
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<div>Your guess is as good as mine.
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<div>But we're doing it.
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<div>For those that have been with me on this journey, one thing i've valued for as long as I can remember is being off-grid, staying off tech, being present, not having any socials and not wanting attention.
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<div>So the thought of putting my story and this journey out there to the world has been a huge internal battle.
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<div>But as one person said to me, if you want to make real impact and change lives in a way that yours has then you need to get over yourself.
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<div>Brutal, but true.
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<div>So really, WHY am I actually doing this?
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<div>Well, one thing I’ve learnt in the past 5 years is that ALL of us have the power to heal ourselves.
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<div>Through diet, through breath-work, through meditation, through many other modalities. We can all heal.
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<div>My journey continues to be one of meditation.
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<div>I am eternally grateful to have met countless cancer survivors who, having been given no hope, have reversed their prognosis through the power of the mind.
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<div>So I guess this is my way of sharing my story. Probs could have picked an easier route, but hey ho.
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<div>Now unfortunately, i'm not yet a millionaire, so this whole project is going to cost me c£5,000 if my estimates aren't a million miles off.
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<div>So before you donate, I want to be fully transparent in where this money is going to.
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<div>A new car for Ja.. No, seriously.
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<div>This time round I'm asking for a little bit of support for me, to hopefully cover the costs.
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<div>Accommodation alone for me + crew is c£2,000
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<div>Nutrition c£750
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<div>Kit c£500
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<div>The rest will go on fuel and other resources detailed on my mammoth excel spreadsheet.
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<div>If, and knowing my community it will probs be the case, we raise over what I need or the £5,000 then the rest will be donated across 2 different charities:
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<div>1 - The Brain Tumour Charity. A charity dedicated to funding research, raising awareness of brain tumours, reducing diagnosis times and providing support and information for people with brain tumours, their families and friends.
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<div>2. Ladles of Love. A Cape Town based charity that serve hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children and families from depots throughout the Western Cape and Gauteng region in South Africa.
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<div>I believe it's important to honour the place I've called home this past year and where I'll be running in this next challenge - having volunteered regularly for Ladles of Love and being part of the life changing work they do, choosing them felt like the easy choice.
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<div>As always, don't feel pressure to donate - Instead, send this link to your rich pals and pull on their heart strings to do it for you.
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<div>Much love,
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