Nick Runs America - The Return - May 30 2022

NICK'S RUN IS POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE 2022
My name in Nick Ashill. I lost my mum to the lung disease known as Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) in 2015. Over 5000 people lose their battle with IPF every year in the UK. In the United States the number is 17000. Having been an endurance runner for many years I made the decision in late 2015 to run across the United States of America to raise awareness of the disease. I wanted to use the run to push myself physically and mentally and raise awareness of pulmonary fibrosis.

On 14 May 2017 I left Los Angeles with the objective of running over 5400km to New York. I ran through California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and half way through Ohio. On 2 August, after running 4000km, I was deliberately hit at 50mph by a pickup truck on US Highway 40. The driver did not stop and left me in a ditch with horrific injuries to my legs and pelvis as well as internal injuries. I was found 55 minutes by State Troopers and was flown by air ambulance helicopter to Ohio State University Hospital (Brain and Spine Hospital, Wexner Medical Center) in Columbus where surgeons worked tirelessly to save my life. They did!! I spent the next 3 months in hospital. 16 surgeries later and four years on, I am now back running.

I will be returning to the US in May 2022 to finish what I started in 2017.  I will start at the exact same spot I was hit and finish in New York about 3 weeks later. My dream to run across the US is still very much alive as is my quest to raise further awareness of Pulmonary Fibrosis.

I NEED YOUR HELP. 

I need to raise £4000 to cover the costs associated the 1000km run over a 3-week period.   Can you help? 

If yes, THANK YOU!    If you need to covert US$ into British pounds the following currency coverter will help.
https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=10&From=GBP&To=USD
 
If you want to know more about my 4000km run and accident in 2017, as well as information on the return run, please visit the following links:
www.facebook.com/pg/nickrunsamerica/ 
www.instagram.com/nick.runsamerica/ 
www.nickrunsamerica.org.nz