Rebecca joined our Great North Run team in 2023
Rebecca ran the GNR back in 2019 with her own ballot place and decided to raise money for the M.A - but when she found out that we had charity places for 2023 she was keen to support the M.A again.
I thought - if pushing myself to do half a marathon raises awareness, signposts people to the charity and also raises money for the charity then it makes it all worth it!
Being able to do something to raise money for such an amazing charity fills your heart with so much joy. Whether you have trained for such a long run or just battled through the run without training, you have worked hard either way to be able to give something back. As a bonus, the atmosphere and experience of the Great North Run makes it even better. Back in April I couldn’t even run for longer than 2 minutes, I spent months training and managed to do practice 3, 5 & 8 mile runs prior. That being said, absolutely none of that training prepared me for the blazing heat at the start and the flash floods at the end!
Suffering miscarriages myself I had only then realised how common they are but how little support there is. This charity is incredible at what they do and if pushing myself to do half a marathon raises awareness, signposts people to the charity and also raises money for the charity then it makes it all worth it.
To make everything a lot easier, the support of all those other runners in the WhatsApp group was incredible, not forgetting the support from Karn & Emma too. I ran the GNR back in 2019 just as a ballot place and decided to raise money for the M.A – when I found out they had their own charity places this year I was so happy. Can’t wait to hopefully do it all again next year and hopefully continue raising money for this incredible charity. Thank you to everyone at the M.A for what they do, for all those people who need it, every single one of you are amazing. And to all those people who raise money for this charity, to allow them to do what they do, you are all amazing too. To all those people suffering miscarriages, women and men, please use the amazing resources this charity has available and I am sending you a whole lot of love 💙