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 we had great fun! Our team was spread over 3 run distances, 5km, 10km and 15km and everyone achieved great results. We wore our team t-shirt …. we really glued together as a group and we promoted the two charities we supported: CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) and Nederlandse Hartstichting.
Together the team ran 457 km (including one member who ran in Sweden to raise money for our charities) in 41 hours 12 minutes. The cherry on the cake came when one of our group won the 15km race! This was Nick Raymaekers, with a time of 49 minutes 54 seconds. He surely made us proud, although in reality we didn’t have much to do with his training and dedication to running; but on Sunday he was one of our Stars.
Such a sense of achievement… for those who never really ran before… for those who challenged themselves to a longer distance than the usual park run… for those who achieved their personal bests… for our 7-month pregnant Carol who walked the 5k race.
Being there and wearing our Glen’s green t-shirt made us all rejoice in each other’s small victories, as we cheered and supported one another.
So far we have raised €7850 for our 2 chosen charities, but we hope that the results of such a committed group will inspire people to join us in the future.
Carol and Claudia
See also:
Glen’s All Stars facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Glens-All-Stars/500176863365358
Glen’s All Stars fundraising page
http://www.justgiving.com/Glensallstars
