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Hey all A bit of a silly landmark but I just got to 10,000 miles for Invest In ME research so it was a good excuse to do a quick blog post. Mainly in the hope I'd get a few quid in for the cause.... https://mikeseumarathons.blogspot.com/p/10000-miles.html Training is going OK. I have to ice...

hi all So this year, my first marathon (no.39 in 35 countries) will be Sarajevo (Bosnia) on 26/04/26. I'd love to hear from anyone living in Bosnia with ME and ask a few q's for my interview/awareness series. I will reach out to my contacts in Serbia but in the hope that anyone sees this...

Really appreciate all the comments here. I'm going to have a good think and chat to my partner about what I can and can't commit to. It's a hard balance with 2 little girls and a very stressful job but I'm determined to keep going in some way,

Thanks for the reply Kitty. That's a great suggestion. I'll have a good think about it. I know that the ME charities don't really see eye to eye most of the time. I can imagine I'd get a lot of negative comments for collaborating with Action For ME for example. I could leave them out...

Hi all I wondered if you could help me out a bit. As you know I've been running these marathons for a while around Europe and I'm now getting to the point where the countries I have left (with the exception of Iceland) are pretty small in terms of ME support/awareness and it's getting...

I got round Skopje Marathon, Macedonia fine! Couldn't find anyone with ME to meet but I did raise around £650 since the last race for Invest In ME. Race report here: https://www.mikeseumarathons.eu/skopje-macedonia.html At the moment it's looking like I'll be running in Bosnia and Iceland...

Hi folks It's been a while, so a quick update. I'm running Chippenham (Wiltshire) Half Marathon on Sunday Sept 14th. My first Half race since Newport in March 2020 where I got a PB. I'm keen to raise the profile of ME and the need for biomedical research locally to Chippenham if I can. If...

hi all Belfast Marathon went well, got round despite my bad knee. Here's the race report: Belfast, N.Ireland - Mike's European Marathons Really great to meet Joan and Linda from the Hope 4 ME & Fibro N.Ireland charity. They bought me dinner and kindly donated £100. Raised £1300 from this...

Hello everyone. My next race in Northern Ireland is 3 weeks away and I've just published 2 interviews with people there. It includes the story of Aileen who is bedbound and has severe ME. It took Aileen many weeks to answer and I know she'd really appreciate it if you could give it a read or...

If 250,000 is an outdated guesstimate, are the main ME charities able to push a new number, even if it's not fully accurate? I'm sick of seeing that number being quoted when it's clearly wrong.

Hi Ash I'm on Instagram, Facebook and BlueSky. Couldn't bear Twitter/X any longer (Musk etc). If you search 'Mike Harley' or 'MikesEUMarathons' you should find me.

Thanks for the tag. Yes, you're absolutely right. ME charities (outside of AFME) don't get charity places in the major marathons. It's massively frustrating but something I kind of knew when I picked Invest In ME (who are very small). I guess if there is any silver lining in this, it's that...

Hi all Just a quick one to let you know that I got round Podgorica Marathon fine and completed my 32nd country for Invest In ME Research. Roughly £600 raised from this race and I'm up to £50,817. I met Vasilije who has ME and lives there, gave him some tips about setting up the country's...

I really feel for him, he's so young and hasn't lived his life yet. Hes also the only person either of us know with ME in Montenegro so I'm desperate to connect him with others.

ME in Montenegro Here's my chat with Vasilije from Podgorica who has ME. Hoping to meet for a drink after the race if he's well enough MONTENEGRO - Mike's European Marathons (mikeseumarathons.eu)

Hey all So just over 2 months until Tirana Marathon in Albania and the website is still broken and not taking registrations. I'm going to switch to do Podgorica Marathon in Montenegro on Nov 10th instead. I can transfer my flight without losing too much money and it gives me an extra 3 weeks...

Although it's obviously not great that ME is still not recognised as a disability in law this feels like a win for the ME Association there who I know work really hard to keep ME in the public eye. Well done to Ruth, Rebecca and Maria if you're reading this!

hey all. Quick update from me. I'm having a bit of a break to repair my knee before starting to train for my next race and Euro country 32 marathon in Tirana, Albania. My race report for the last race and trip pics is here: http://www.mikeseumarathons.eu/belgrade-serbia.html I know it's...

hiya, yeah I saw this too, very encouraging. I only have 2 patient contacts. As far as I know there aren't any charities/associations in Lithuania

Back from Belgrade, Serbia. An incredible weekend! The race was hard and the heat beat me up but it was amazing to have 14 people show up to cheer me on! I had a couple of TV appearances and also hit my £50K target!! 9 years in the making, 1269 donors across Europe, US, Canada and beyond...