My run for suicde awareness

Hi, my name is Harry. On the 25th of February 2013, one of my best friends Nicholas Evans committed suicide. The year following that was extremely hard and the person I could count on to talk to and confide in was my best friend Ayden Lane. Ayden was very close to Nick and took his death extremely hard. Tragically a year after Nicks's death Ayden would also commit suicide on 2nd March 2014 to the shock of all his friends and family. I lost two of my best friends only a year apart and I couldn't understand why either of them didn't talk to me about the mental struggles they were going through. Mental health awareness for men has improved so much since their passing but there's still a long way to go. 75% of all suicides in Australia are men and boys.

To help raise more awareness and money for men's mental health and to do my part to keep getting the message out there that it's not weak for men to seek help and speak to someone, I will be running in the Ultra Trail Australia 50km ultra-marathon in the Blue Mountains on the 13th of May 2023. I will be donating the money raised to Beyond Blue a great mental health awareness charity. Any donation is welcome if you are able to help.

Thank you

Harry