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 in Rome and there was talk of a very big donation. I don't want to let them down by not running next year but it's a significant increase in cost and an extra 3 months of training to add on so it's a lot to consider. Anyway, no.25 is now going to be Hamburg in Germany, unless it's called off of course for the same reasons.
Thanks for everything Mike. Sorry to hear this has got in the way. You certainly shouldn't feel like you'd be letting anyone down by not making this big change to your plans when you didn't think it was the best idea. All your work has been amazing, and is very gratefully appreciated.
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:
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 £26.2K target for Invest In ME. I'll be putting the target up soon to £42,195 to mirror the 42.195km in a marathon. Hope you're all OK and keeping well clear of the Covid nastiness. Race report here: http://mikeseumarathons.blogspot.com/2020/10/sofia-marathon-sequel.html
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 so it doesn't distract me too much from the marathons later in the year. Works out at about 120 miles per month which is do-able. I've done 10 days so far and got 36 miles up the A30. I think I get a tshirt and a medal or something when I complete it but hopefully it'll bring in some fundraising for our cause. I'm posting each Sunday here on how its going if you want to follow: https://www.facebook.com/mikeseumarathons/ Catch-up soon!
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
Great interview, thanks @Mike Harley. I'm sure that the awareness you have raised around Europe is worth many times the considerable amount of funds that you have raised. If any of your contacts from around Europe don't yet know Science for ME and perhaps might like to create or contribute to a regional news thread here on the forum, please do let them know about us.
ME in Germany Mike has interviewed two pwME and the German Association for ME/CFS. Interviews in English and German. Mike is running the marathon in Hamburg on 12 September. A huge thank you. http://www.mikeseumarathons.eu/germany.html
Just wanted to leave the link to the "Mike's EU Marathons" fundraising page here again. All of the donations go to Invest in ME. (A lot of pwME are struggling financially, so please ignore if it's not appropriate for you.) From the page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mikeseumarathons
New article from the German ME/CFS Association about Mike's EU Marathons. German original: https://www.mecfs.de/27-marathons-fuer-me-cfs Automatic English translation: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://www.mecfs.de/27-marathons-fuer-me-cfs
Hamburg Marathon is today! It has just started (8am UK time). @Mike Harley can be cheered on here and on social media. - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikeseumarathons - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikesEUmaras - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikeharley82 - Donations: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mikeseumarathons ETA: https://twitter.com/user/status/1436948398322733056
Evening all. Thanks to those of you have liked/share/messaged about my run in Hamburg. Here's my race report: http://www.mikeseumarathons.eu/hamburg-germany-sept-2021.html Focusing on #26/27 now which is Zagreb on Sunday 10th October. I'll be sharing 2 interviews with Croatian ME patients this week and hope to get to raise awareness for people with ME there through some media support. Cheers Mike
Had some really good media support so far thanks to Tea Pavkovic in Croatia. https://www.zagreb-marathon.com/new...hsNEzyKs6Z5Q-YLAg2iLrbEb-NhtEqRFO20QC3FgK-udA Tea has been an amazing support in translating and helping me gather the interviews from ME patients there. You can read about M.E in Croatia first-hand here: www.mikeseumarathons.eu/croatia.html
Hey Mike, Always love to hear about your adventures. A bright spot in the gloom. I know it is super hard work for you and it means everything. Thanks so much. Best wishes mate x
Thanks Ash. It's great to have so much support and feel like I'm doing something small to help. I'll definitely miss it when it's all over
