I completed a successful summit of the highest mountain in the western hemisphere, Aconcagua, in memory of my fiancé Lesley and unborn daughter Rosina, who died in May 2013. The expedition, in December 2015, took nearly three weeks and reached 6,980 metres. I managed to raise £7,335.80. Through the tough times, I was able to draw
I decided to take part in the Tees Barrage 10k run and contribute to CRY because my youngest son was given the opportunity to be tested for heart defects when he was 16, and thankfully all was fine. I raised a total of £337. Ann Wright
Greggstival started as a celebration of what would have been my brother’s 30th birthday. When I celebrated my 40th, I called it Fiestival and he said he wanted Greggstival for his 30th. So, we had to continue with his wishes. The first Greggstival came together in a bit of a blur really as Gregg passed away
This is a photo of us before the Blaydon Race, (I’m in the middle) great experience and I finished it in 1hr 25 seconds, first time I have ever done a sponsored run, started running in January 2016, so I was really pleased with my time. Lots of support from bystanders and the weather was beautiful so
After suffering an injury at the Blackpool marathon I hadn’t ran for 5 weeks prior to the London 2 Brighton 100k event. I had been told by every person I spoke to not to run however problem was I raised too much money to give up without trying. End result was I’m glad I did as
Thank you and congratulations to the 15 CRY runners who took part in the Vitality London 10,000 on Monday 30th May 2016, including CRY Consultant Cardiologist Professor Sanjay Sharma! The atmosphere in Green Park, was, as in previous years, incredible. Nearly half of the CRY runners came to the meeting point before the race began and
The evening for me was an extremely emotional night but also enjoyable in that all Aaron’s close friends attended with their partners and families. Aaron’s friends have been a huge support to myself, Gary and Hollie since we lost Aaron. Christmas was Aaron’s favourite time of year and that was where the idea came from to
Our ridgeway walk was a big success again we raised a whopping £2710! It’s our second year doing this for CRY in our son Richard’s memory, we all had a great day and finished off with a lovely BBQ at Brownlows cafe at Ashridge Monument. Thank you so much Ian & Jensigne for doing this for
Since I learned about Ollie’s sudden death and the work Cheryle and Graham have done in his memory to raise awareness and to fund screenings, I’ve been wondering how I could help. Every year, I volunteer with the British stand of the International Bazar, working the whole weekend to sell British products to visitors and selling
A team of 5 of us embarked on the 100km walk from London2Brighton to raise awareness for CRY and in Leanne Faulkner’s memory. None of us have ever tried anything like this before and to be honest I don’t think we knew what we had let ourselves in for. Michelle travelled over from Portugal, Laila travelled