We Are Not Alone - A Lone Marathon for ALONE
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Hey Guys,
Next Saturday, the 4th of July I will run a lone marathon around the Loop Head peninsula. The day the lockdown was announced I decided to dust off my running shoes and go for a run, only to all too quickly realise that my begrudged body could barely make it past the 1 kilometre mark. I then decided that I would take the 10 hours a week I was spending commuting and use it to train for a marathon. Here we are, 16 weeks on from that fateful March day and just this weekend, I ran 36 kilometres.
I want to use this opportunity to do two things; raise some much needed funds for ALONE, a phenomenal Irish charity who support our elderly in their homes and whose services are more important than ever in this lonely time. I also want to raise awareness of some of the fantastic, artisan Irish businesses out there and encourage people to spend money locally where possible. Buying local has a huge impact on our neighbourhood economy which too, is more important than ever in these times of financial uncertainty.
To do this, I reached out to a number of my favourite Irish businesses, asking if they wanted to get involved by donating products and the response has been truly incredible. As an incentive to donate to ALONE, I will give away 5 hampers worth over €150 each. The hampers will be made up of the products pictured above. To be in with a chance of winning one of these hampers, all you have to do is click link to the GoFundMe in my bio, make a donation and make your name visible. After the marathon, I will use an app to pick the names of the 5 winners from those who have donated and send your chosen hamper to you, wherever you are!
I would like to extend a huge thank you to the following businesses for getting involved in supporting ALONE, a very worthy cause:
Duo: Duo is a wonderful business based on Denmark Street in Limerick who has sustainability at the forefront of their business. DUO’s aim is to make it easier for everyone to live sustainably by hand picking the best sustainable goods. They also sell fantastic coffee! Duo have donated a plastic free starter kit including a Chilly bottle, a reusable coffee cup, a bamboo toothbrush, a face scrub, artisan soap, body wash, natural deodorant and a bag. Please see DUO’s website at: https://duoireland.com
The Burren Perfumery: The Burren Perfumery is a family company whose aim is to be better than the best of the large brands in the quality of their products. I have been using their products for some time and can testify to the fact that they have succeeded. The Burren Perfumery have donated a facial serum, facial toner, night cream and day cream. Please see their website at: https://burrenperfumery.com/pages/about-us
Dublin Herbalists: Dublin Herbalists are a wonderful Irish business who uses 100% natural ingredients and don't do any animal testing. All of their products are made in Ireland and their packaging is all recyclable. Dublin Herbalists have kindly donated a facial serum, a number of hand creams, lip balms and body butter. Please see their website at https://dublinherbalists.ie/our-story/.
The Irish Chandler: The Irish Chandler is an independent candle brand. All of their candles are hand poured in Lisdoonvarna County Clare, even their labels are designed, printed and carefully attached in-house. The Irish Chandler donated 4 fabulous candles. Please see their website at https://www.theirishchandler.com/about.
Aoife Ireland: Aoife Ireland is a luxury slow-fashion brand with a vision of empowering women through unique garments made consciously in Ireland and designed to last a lifetime of experiences. Aoife Ireland was founded in 2019 but has quickly grown from strength to strength, featuring in Paris Fashion Week this year. Aoife Ireland have kindly donated a €50 voucher. Please see their website at: https://www.aoifeireland.com.
Sliabh Liag Distillery: Sliabh Liag Distillers is the first distilling company in Donegal for over 175 years, established with the purpose of reclaiming the distilling heritage of Donegal. They have kindly donated a wax sealed bottle of their An Dúlamán Irish Maritime Gin, distilled in Co. Donegal. The batch number (which is hand-written on the bottle) is linked to the lunar phases. Please see their website at: https://www.sliabhliagdistillers.com.
Glendalough Distillery: The Glendalough Distillery was set up by a group of friends from Wicklow and Dublin with a passion for reviving the heritage of craft distilling in Ireland. To make their gins, they forage wild plants from the mountains around the distillery. What they pick goes fresh into the still within hours of foraging. All the plants are sustainably foraged by one person and they distil daily. Glendalough Distillery have kindly donated a bottle of their Rose Gin. Please see their website at: https://www.glendaloughdistillery.com/about-us.
Kilbaha Gallery: The Kilbaha Gallery is a wonderful shop, gallery and café which stocks work from some of Ireland’s best Contemporary Artists. From bronze sculptures, oil paintings, and mixed media to ceramic and textile art. Co-owners Ailish Connolly and Liz Greehy have kindly donated a NEUÚ male skincare set. NEUÚ is a family company based on Loop Head who have been sustainably hand-harvesting seaweed for four genarations. Please see their website at: https://www.kilbahagallery.com/about-us/.
Bean in Dingle: Bean in Dingle is a family run specialty coffee shop located on Green Street, Dingle, Co. Kerry who have kindly donated two retail bags of coffee. Please see their website at: https://www.beanindingle.com/pages/about.
The Burren Smokehouse: The Burren Smokehouse is a family-run business set up in 1989 in Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare. They source exclusively Irish quality raw materials to produce a superb smoked organic salmon and have kindly donated a variety of smoked salmon including, hot smoked over oak with spices, cold smoked over oak with honey, whiskey and fennel and cold smoked over oak. Please see their website at: https://www.burrensmokehouse.com.
West Cork Biscuit Company: West Cork Biscuit Company are a family business, their cookies are portioned and shaped by hand, then baked in a traditional oven. They do not use any artificial ingredients and exclusively use eggs from a small Clonakilty farm. They have kindly donated a gorgeous range of cookies. Please see their website at: https://www.regale.ie/our-story/.
Lismore Food Company: Lismore Food Company is a Waterford based company owned by three artisans who are passionate about food. They have kindly donated a range of fine biscuits and apple sticks. Please see their website at: https://www.thelismorefoodcompany.com/store/.
Badly Made Books: Badly made books is a company based in Cork City who make handmade notebooks, journals and planners out of a minimum of 70% post-consumer waste. Badly made books have kindly donated a notebook, please see their website at: https://www.badlymadebooks.com.
Tullybracky Foods: Tullybracky Foods are artisan Irish food makers who focus on using wholesome natural ingredients in their food. They have kindly donated a selection of protein balls and superfood biscuits. Please find more information on them at: https://tullybracky-foods.myshopify.com.
Any donation would be greatly appreciated.
The hampers will be given out on a first come first serve basis, the first name pulled out by the app will have first pick of the hamper they want and so on.
#wearenotalone #supportlocal #supportalone
Next Saturday, the 4th of July I will run a lone marathon around the Loop Head peninsula. The day the lockdown was announced I decided to dust off my running shoes and go for a run, only to all too quickly realise that my begrudged body could barely make it past the 1 kilometre mark. I then decided that I would take the 10 hours a week I was spending commuting and use it to train for a marathon. Here we are, 16 weeks on from that fateful March day and just this weekend, I ran 36 kilometres.
I want to use this opportunity to do two things; raise some much needed funds for ALONE, a phenomenal Irish charity who support our elderly in their homes and whose services are more important than ever in this lonely time. I also want to raise awareness of some of the fantastic, artisan Irish businesses out there and encourage people to spend money locally where possible. Buying local has a huge impact on our neighbourhood economy which too, is more important than ever in these times of financial uncertainty.
To do this, I reached out to a number of my favourite Irish businesses, asking if they wanted to get involved by donating products and the response has been truly incredible. As an incentive to donate to ALONE, I will give away 5 hampers worth over €150 each. The hampers will be made up of the products pictured above. To be in with a chance of winning one of these hampers, all you have to do is click link to the GoFundMe in my bio, make a donation and make your name visible. After the marathon, I will use an app to pick the names of the 5 winners from those who have donated and send your chosen hamper to you, wherever you are!
I would like to extend a huge thank you to the following businesses for getting involved in supporting ALONE, a very worthy cause:
Duo: Duo is a wonderful business based on Denmark Street in Limerick who has sustainability at the forefront of their business. DUO’s aim is to make it easier for everyone to live sustainably by hand picking the best sustainable goods. They also sell fantastic coffee! Duo have donated a plastic free starter kit including a Chilly bottle, a reusable coffee cup, a bamboo toothbrush, a face scrub, artisan soap, body wash, natural deodorant and a bag. Please see DUO’s website at: https://duoireland.com
The Burren Perfumery: The Burren Perfumery is a family company whose aim is to be better than the best of the large brands in the quality of their products. I have been using their products for some time and can testify to the fact that they have succeeded. The Burren Perfumery have donated a facial serum, facial toner, night cream and day cream. Please see their website at: https://burrenperfumery.com/pages/about-us
Dublin Herbalists: Dublin Herbalists are a wonderful Irish business who uses 100% natural ingredients and don't do any animal testing. All of their products are made in Ireland and their packaging is all recyclable. Dublin Herbalists have kindly donated a facial serum, a number of hand creams, lip balms and body butter. Please see their website at https://dublinherbalists.ie/our-story/.
The Irish Chandler: The Irish Chandler is an independent candle brand. All of their candles are hand poured in Lisdoonvarna County Clare, even their labels are designed, printed and carefully attached in-house. The Irish Chandler donated 4 fabulous candles. Please see their website at https://www.theirishchandler.com/about.
Aoife Ireland: Aoife Ireland is a luxury slow-fashion brand with a vision of empowering women through unique garments made consciously in Ireland and designed to last a lifetime of experiences. Aoife Ireland was founded in 2019 but has quickly grown from strength to strength, featuring in Paris Fashion Week this year. Aoife Ireland have kindly donated a €50 voucher. Please see their website at: https://www.aoifeireland.com.
Sliabh Liag Distillery: Sliabh Liag Distillers is the first distilling company in Donegal for over 175 years, established with the purpose of reclaiming the distilling heritage of Donegal. They have kindly donated a wax sealed bottle of their An Dúlamán Irish Maritime Gin, distilled in Co. Donegal. The batch number (which is hand-written on the bottle) is linked to the lunar phases. Please see their website at: https://www.sliabhliagdistillers.com.
Glendalough Distillery: The Glendalough Distillery was set up by a group of friends from Wicklow and Dublin with a passion for reviving the heritage of craft distilling in Ireland. To make their gins, they forage wild plants from the mountains around the distillery. What they pick goes fresh into the still within hours of foraging. All the plants are sustainably foraged by one person and they distil daily. Glendalough Distillery have kindly donated a bottle of their Rose Gin. Please see their website at: https://www.glendaloughdistillery.com/about-us.
Kilbaha Gallery: The Kilbaha Gallery is a wonderful shop, gallery and café which stocks work from some of Ireland’s best Contemporary Artists. From bronze sculptures, oil paintings, and mixed media to ceramic and textile art. Co-owners Ailish Connolly and Liz Greehy have kindly donated a NEUÚ male skincare set. NEUÚ is a family company based on Loop Head who have been sustainably hand-harvesting seaweed for four genarations. Please see their website at: https://www.kilbahagallery.com/about-us/.
Bean in Dingle: Bean in Dingle is a family run specialty coffee shop located on Green Street, Dingle, Co. Kerry who have kindly donated two retail bags of coffee. Please see their website at: https://www.beanindingle.com/pages/about.
The Burren Smokehouse: The Burren Smokehouse is a family-run business set up in 1989 in Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare. They source exclusively Irish quality raw materials to produce a superb smoked organic salmon and have kindly donated a variety of smoked salmon including, hot smoked over oak with spices, cold smoked over oak with honey, whiskey and fennel and cold smoked over oak. Please see their website at: https://www.burrensmokehouse.com.
West Cork Biscuit Company: West Cork Biscuit Company are a family business, their cookies are portioned and shaped by hand, then baked in a traditional oven. They do not use any artificial ingredients and exclusively use eggs from a small Clonakilty farm. They have kindly donated a gorgeous range of cookies. Please see their website at: https://www.regale.ie/our-story/.
Lismore Food Company: Lismore Food Company is a Waterford based company owned by three artisans who are passionate about food. They have kindly donated a range of fine biscuits and apple sticks. Please see their website at: https://www.thelismorefoodcompany.com/store/.
Badly Made Books: Badly made books is a company based in Cork City who make handmade notebooks, journals and planners out of a minimum of 70% post-consumer waste. Badly made books have kindly donated a notebook, please see their website at: https://www.badlymadebooks.com.
Tullybracky Foods: Tullybracky Foods are artisan Irish food makers who focus on using wholesome natural ingredients in their food. They have kindly donated a selection of protein balls and superfood biscuits. Please find more information on them at: https://tullybracky-foods.myshopify.com.
Any donation would be greatly appreciated.
The hampers will be given out on a first come first serve basis, the first name pulled out by the app will have first pick of the hamper they want and so on.
#wearenotalone #supportlocal #supportalone
Organizer
Jennifer Ryan
Organizer
