On 9th of June, 45 friends and family of Glen Ralston ran Maastricht’s Mooiste in our home town of Maastricht, Netherlands, in memory of Glen who died suddenly 10 years ago of a cardiac condition – most likely Brugada syndrome – at the age of 34. We chose a joyful event – Maastricht’s Mooiste – and
After 5 months of training – very long runs in the snow, rain and baking sun; and going to the gym 6 times a week – I can finally take a well deserved break as an official Tough Mudder! I’m over the moon at having completed the course in under 2 and a half hours and
On Sunday 8th June friends and family got together to run a 10k course in memory of Phil Standing. 98 runners took part and they raised a wonderful £14,000 for CRY. What a truly tremendous effort and a fitting Memorial to Phil Standing. I wish to thank Nick Karelis for organising the event along with a
The organised event went off as planned – the team travelled the 330+ miles into the Scottish wilderness on Thursday 6th June before commencing the 3 day, 335 mile epic. The route included 5954 metres of climbing – some as steep as 21%. The team were inspirational and battled through all the tests and challenges; and
On a warm evening on June 6th, CRY was privileged to be involved with a truly inspiring evening of arts and entertainment. “Song for Stevie” was organised in memory of Stevie Jivani, who tragically died from a previously undiagnosed heart condition in April 2012. She was aged just 19. The concert, which was held at the Rose
Jon Cowie and Mark Hughes decided to take on the challenge of rowing the river Danube for CRY and another charity. They are the first rowers ever to attempt the 3,200km journey, which took four weeks to complete and saw them pass through ten countries between the Black Forest and the Black Sea with lots of
Throughout the busy academic year, Physiotherapy students from the University of Nottingham raised money for CRY in memory of Alex Reid – the daughter of one of the academic lecturers – who passed away suddenly last summer at the age of 16. Alex is believed to have died from a young sudden cardiac death which causes
Perhaps I should start by sharing with you where this crazy idea of throwing myself out of an airplane came from and how I come to be jumping for CRY. If I’m honest, a tandem skydive or parachute jump has always been on my ‘bucket list’. What moved it off the list into physically doing something
Body Society Exeter is a university society dedicated to keeping fit and having fun – running exercise classes each week including Zumba, Yoga and Interval Training. To conclude our year, we organised an after exams Masquerade Ball with all ticket sales going to three charities that were specially selected by members of our committee. Cardiac Risk
Andrew Jackson entered the 2013 Great Manchester Run on Sunday 26th May to raise money and awareness for CRY. He also fulfilled his childhood dream of playing cricket at Lords for the MCC Schoolboys XI against England Schoolboys – the run and then this has been a huge tonic for him and he can now put