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We are NO SHORTCUTS, a long distance running relay race... this year will be 6th race.
On Friday 24th October we will be running from LA to Palm Spring - 40+ teams of 6-8 people taking on a 130 mile route.
Since the first race we have always liked to use the community we build to fund a good cause. The first few we supported Girls on the Run, which still remains a great organisation and something we'd still like to highlight.
However, since then due to personal experience we have moved to support the cause that is closest to our hearts... and running back to Palm Springs this year brings the experience back to our minds as the first run to Palm Springs we did was in the middle of the worst time of it, March 2022.
Anyway, it's less about our (my) own experience and more about drawing attention to the condition, which is largely unknown and support the people that gave us the best care imaginable and helped us through a tough time.
We were introduced to the Care and Cure Institute recently by a gym member who has had his own experiences in this area. The Institute works to fund the development of pediatric epileptologists and ensure children dealing with these conditions receive the best possible care.
Please take the time to watch this powerful video. We experienced and went through so much of what is seen in the video and received (and continue to receive) care from several of the doctors and nurses seen that have been helped by the institute.
Having been benefactors of this level of care, it's our duty to give back and raise awareness for these areas of medicine moving forward.
Specifically to our case is infantile spasms... which is very rare, underfunded and often goes unnoticed in young children before it's too late.
We are fortunate to have this race (and our gym) to use as a platform to share all this through and even more fortunate to always get the support from everyone on supporting the causes we push.
Thank you to everyone taking the time to read this, donate, share and run with us.