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For my 30th birthday, I wanted to do something memorable, but also something that required a bit of work beforehand to be able to do it. After discussing it with Beth, we decided that we would do an ultramarathon, but that we would break it up over 2 days to make it "harder". 

While the original plan was to do the run together in England, COVID restrictions and quarantines either side mean that it will have to be run both in England (Beth) and Norway (me). So on the 6th and 7th August, I will be running through Trøndelag for a total of 160km (100 English miles). The aim is to do 80km each day, starting and finishing at Stjørdals-Blink's M.U.S stadion.

I want to run for mind, a mental health charity in England, because throughout the last few years I have. had episodes where my mental health has not been exactly where I would like it to be. I have struggled with the demands of life, ambition, being away from home, COVID, and everything that came with it, to the point that I really struggled to get my own thoughts in order. In 2020 I had a period where I isolated myself away from the world and had to find my way out and the direction I wanted to go in. Through a loving fiance, good support networks, and some new routines, i pushed through it and stand here now as the man I am, for better and for worse.

Mind do a great job supporting people who are in a far more difficult situation than I found myself in. It's vital however that people get the support they need and feel confident to talk out about it, especially men who historically don't want to talk about it because of their "macho" ness. It is with this challenge and any money that comes with it that I will hope opens up the opportunity to do so, no matter the level of challenges people feel.