Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

So what is my story? And what am I doing that makes it worthwhile for you to donate to this fabulous cause?

The story is simple - it's all Kirsty's fault. She planted the seed of an idea of the calendar challenge and I got all over enthusiastic and decided it was a great idea...

And Penumbra have a wide range of projects supporting a wide variety of people across Scotland. But I'm specifically raising funds for the Fife Self Harm project, supporting predominantly young people in Fife. The past year or so have brought the significance of supporting mental health into sharp focus, particularly so for young people. Which is why I'm so keen to raise money for this particular project.

The challenge is a long one (hence the calendar) which will go on all through May. Every day I will run the date in km and cycle the date in miles. Every... single... day... So on the 1st May that's 1km run + 1mile bike, on the 2nd a 2km run + 2 mile bike, all the way through to 31st May which calls for a 31km run + 31mile bike, eek! They can be done at any time of the day & can be split into sections, so long as I hit the minimum distance total for each day. Basically, it starts very easy and ends up very hard - I'll be clocking up a minimum of around 500km/miles running/biking over the course of the month! Oh, and we're throwing in the date number of press-ups each day too. Just for fun...

So any donation you give will be massively appreciated, not only by Penumbra, but by me as a recognition of the huge amount of physical and mental effort needed to get all the way through to the end of the month.

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