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๐Ÿ˜จ Blindman 2 Marathons in 1 day??!!

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Hi allโ€ฆI need your help, experience and opinions!

After theย โ€œUltra Step Challengeโ€ last December (2021) i saidย โ€œiโ€™m not doing a challenge that iโ€™ve made up next timeโ€ฆIโ€™m going to do an organised event by the charityโ€. Well that didnโ€™t last long, as here i am again thinking of my latest challenge!! I thought iโ€™d put it to you guys first before i started a fundraising page and jumped in feet first, lol! ๐Ÿคฃ ย 

My latest ideaโ€ฆ๐Ÿ˜ฒย 

As you may know my lovely wife Sarah is working for MS Society, so i thought iโ€™d do another challenge to help fundraise. My mum died of MS the same month i was registered blind in July 2000. So of course this charity is close to my heartโ€ฆSo here is my idea.

I thought iโ€™d try and walk 2 marathons in 1 day?? (please give me your thoughts on this)ย ๐Ÿคฃย ย In my last ultra step challenge it took me over 4 days to walk the distance of 2 marathonsโ€ฆSo i thought itโ€™d be a great idea to try and walk 2 marathons in 1 day! ๐Ÿ˜จ Or should i start with 1 marathon first? ๐Ÿค”ย 

Can this bonkers blindman do this, lol? I wanted to walk on an athletics track as the stress of walking around my local woods would be way too much external stimuli for me and that amount of distance. But it’s harder than you think to get a track for 24 hours. Any ideas? Do you think this is a good challenge? Have you had any experience of anything similar? ๐Ÿค”ย 

Iโ€™m thinking of doing this 24 hour challenge in March or May 2022, as iโ€™ll (or you) come up with a funky title for my MS March or May ideasโ€ฆAlso itโ€™ll give me some time for lots and lots of walking before i start.

๐Ÿ™Œ Sarah’s New Job At MS Society! ๐Ÿ˜€

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Yayโ€ฆA huge (and very proud) congratulations to my lovely wife Sarah for starting her new job managing the legacy team at MS Society today! ๐Ÿ™Œ For all the years iโ€™ve known her, she’s been passionate, enthusiastic, knowledgable, driven, fun, caring, loving andโ€ฆalways looking to overachieve! ๐Ÿ˜€ย  ย Now she has a new job managing a new team, which means she has many more new goals to smashโ€ฆGo big or go home, lol! ๐Ÿคฃ
My Mum & MS (Multiple Sclerosis)โ€ฆAs you may know, my mum died, the same month that I was registered blind, after a 12 year debilitating and demoralising struggle with progressive MS. So youโ€™ll understand why I am so pleased she will be working for this charity, which is close to my heartโ€ฆand my families hearts too. โค๏ธ
And as would be expected I have already been enlisted to think up some fun ways to raise funds and support MS Society and their wonderful workโ€ฆ. Any ideas for new fundraising challenges would be very welcomeโ€ฆโ€ฆ..๐Ÿค”ย