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I am still keen to speak to someone from Estonia, Latvia and Bulgaria

Thanks to this amazing platform, I've made contact and interviewed someone from Hungary who told me their story and how M.E is perceived there. http://www.mikeseumarathons.eu/hungary.html

Thanks @Joh and @Wyva for your help with this. Just shared the interview on facebook and twitter :-)

Happy New Year all, hope you're all doing OK through all the madness. My races in Croatia, Italy and Germany are understandably postponed until the Autumn. So to keep myself amused I'm doing a virtual run from Lands End to John O'Groats. It's 874 miles in total and I'm doing it over 9 months...

Hi all Not much been going on in my world with lots of races cancelled. But I made a rather impulsive trip to Bulgaria last weekend to run Sofia Marathon again. It's the only marathon race I've done this year but delighted to report it's brought in £9K and taken me well over my original...

Hi all Had a wonderful €2000 donation to Invest In M.E from Italy.... More info -

Hi all So my races in Rome and Hamburg were cancelled so I decided to run a marathon near my house. I ran my fastest ever time and so far have raised nearly £2.5K for Invest In ME. Pics and post here:

Sadly Rome Marathon has been cancelled due to coronavirus. They've kept my entry fee for next year so I need to decide whether I'm going to add another year to the challenge or end it all in Florence in November. It's a real shame as I had meetings lined up with patients and the ME Association...

Hi all Newport Half went really well. South Wales Argus (local paper) interviewed me briefly in on the start line and I raised £300 for Invest In ME...

Hiya Running Newport Half Marathon on March 1st for Invest In ME and keen to find out if there's any patient groups I can engage with in the area. I'm aware of a South Glamorgan group but ideally looking for Gwent/Newport. I know there was one a few years back but I don't know if it's still...

Hi all I'm done for 2019 now, been to Cyprus, Slovakia, Latvia, Hungary, Romania and Portugal. Here's my race report from last weekend in Porto. £3.5K raised since late Sept, the support I've had has been amazing. I'm taking a break from running and social media for a little while now, back...

Some great support from a top sports website in Portugal for people with M.E http://www.ammamagazine.com/reportagens-diversos/56370-mike-o-maratonista-solidario

Interviews with M.E sufferers in Portugal. Elle, Ana and Andre tell me their stories ahead of my trip there next weekend. http://www.mikeseumarathons.eu/portugal.html

Hi all So got Romania done, so that's 23 done with 5 left. Off to Porto next (03.11.19) and hoping for some press there. Just got to £20K for Invest In ME which feels great, cheers for your support as ever. Race report below :-) http://www.mikeseumarathons.eu/bucharest-romania-oct-2019.html

Yes there is, I've interviewed Ruth from the Alliance over there. They do a fantastic job of keeping M.E in the public consciousness. http://www.mikeseumarathons.eu/malta.html You can find their group of Facebook too https://www.facebook.com/groups/me.cfs.fmalliance/

Hi all I'm slowly getting over a very nasty hip injury which has meant that I haven't been able to run for 3 weeks. Hoping to be OK for Budapest Marathon (no.23) next Sunday. I haven't managed to find out much about M.E in Hungary as of yet but will keep trying. Meanwhile the race after this...

Evening all I'm running Truro Half Marathon on Sept 15th for Invest In ME as part of my EU Marathon training. I'm from Cornwall originally and buzzing about my first ever race there. Hoping to make contact with someone in the area who would like to write a few lines about their experience with...

Really appreciate your continued support Linda :-) (and everyone else on here).

Hi all I've pretty much decided on my remaining races now of the challenge: 23. Budapest (Sept 2019) 24. Bucharest (Oct 2019) 25. Porto (Nov 2019) 26. Hamburg (Apr 2020) 27. Zagreb (Oct 2020) 28. Florence (Nov 2020) Final Race - London (Apr 2021) I'm on £18K with a target to hit £26.2k for...

My marathon trailer will be played 23 times over 24 hrs at 15 min past the hour from 5.15pm today on Bristol TV. If you haven't seen it then here it is....