10K A Day In 10 Days
Our committed supporter, Josephine Burnett did not allow injury setbacks to come in the way of her ‘10K per day for 10 days’ challenge. Her resilience to carry on ‘paid off’ as she raised an incredible amount closing in on almost £26,000 for MSA Trust in support her father who has multiple system atrophy. The timing could not have been more appropriate with many of the Trust’s regular fundraising opportunities and events suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A BIG thank you to Josephine and her father’s community of friends and family – we could not have continued supporting the MSA community through such challenging times without their help.
Josephine recollects her experience:
After four months of training, injury, rest, physio appointments, and a lot of mental anguish, on Saturday 26 September I finally finished my ‘100km in 10 days’ challenge. I had originally planned to do this as a running challenge back in June, but unfortunately a knee injury prevented me from going ahead as planned. Determined not to be defeated and to cover the distance somehow, I decided to walk it instead. The challenge involved walking 10km every day for 10 consecutive days, up and down the beautiful (but very hilly) North Devon coast path and around our local area.
Thanks to the generous donations of friends, family and colleagues, in total I have raised close to £26,000 for the MSA Trust – the incredible charity that provides support for people affected by MSA, and which has already been an amazing help to my family after my dad was diagnosed with MSA last year. Thank you also to our newly adopted dog Ernest, who came into our lives just one week before I started the challenge. Unfortunately Ernest is also injured, so he wasn’t able to accompany me on every walk – but for those walks he was able to join me on, he was a great comfort and support, and an endless source of joy and amusement.
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Congratulations to you !
My Mum died 2 weeks ago, she had MSA