My story
On February 20th 2022, I'll be taking on the challenge of running 77km to fundraise for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
This is a cause very close to my heart having first photographed Rob at the Leeds Rhinos Academy when I was a junior photographer and then watching his amazing career through my lens for nearly the next 20 years. Rob was one of those players that made magic happen on the field, he had vision and awareness as Garry Schofield would say. He got you out of your seat. He was bloody brilliant to photograph.
Watching the news of Rob's MND diagnoses was heartbreaking, I've shed many tears watching the reports on BBC breakfast. Rob's positivity raising awareness for Motor Neurone Disease Association had been inspiring.
There's a huge appeal to raise £5 million to build a Centre for Motor Neurone Disease named after Rob in Leeds. Rob's former teammate Kevin Sinfield running heroics has already raised a few millions towards the appeal. When Kevin was interviewed after his latest challenge he said "The goal is for the centre to be build in time so Rob can open it". This really moved me and couldn't stop thinking about it.
My challenge is to raise as much funds as I can for Motor Neurone Disease Association so they can support people like Rob when the centre is built. I was thinking I should run a marathon like London and ask for donations, but is that really a challenge for me? I've run marathons before and never asked for sponsorship. I needed a proper challenge to persuade you to part with a few quid towards this important cause. I've set myself the challenge fo running 77kms in honour of Rob's famous 7 shirt round Silverdale Country Park, that's 46 miles in old money. There's no tarmac to run on, it's all rough paths, grass and mud. I've never ran more than 26.2 miles before and I'll be pushing myself past anything I've done before in the past. I've decided to do it in February, waiting to run in the spring sunshine just seemed too long to wait.
Thank you for your support and please give what you can to help support the Motor Neurone Disease Association in the work that they do.
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