This Month I am going to be covering 625 miles to raise money for the charity Mind. 600 miles of this will be covered using the exercise bike and the other 25 miles using the cross trainer.  More details to follow but I will be starting today (02/06/20)

The Reason Why:

In 2016 I realized I was beginning to have problems with my mental health specifically anxiety. I put this down to pressures at work, becoming a parent, moving house, studying to much going on at once. I struggled on telling myself I needed to man up and just focus on being the best I could be if something knocked me down I get back up. Then in June 2017 there was a big knockdown losing a close friend in an accident long before his time nearly flattened me but I got back up and pushed more. I began to take medication and everytime i could feel myself start to go i got the dose raised and carried on. In November 2018 I could feel in was really struggling and one morning I had to be dragged out of bed by my then two year old daughter and told "work daddy" I managed to pick myself up one more time and went in but that evening for no apparent reason I broke down in tears and the next morning i was paralysed by anxiety.....it was 10 weeks before I went back to a job I ultimately had to give up for the good of my mental health. I was only able to return because of the support of my family and friends and the support I was able access. Sadly not everyone has access to the support I had and that's where Mind come in. To help people in dark places when they need it they need funding! Please if you can sponsor me it would be amazing and go towards helping so many people.

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