Apparently running nearly twenty six and a half miles isnt enough nowadays. Apparently one has to supplement five months of regular sweat and pain with parties, speed dating evenings, jumble sales and blogs in order to even get in sight the rather unrealistic target you set yourself when you dive enthusiastically into your project. So here it is, my first bit of supplementary toil.
Im running for The Spinal Injuries Association and im running for those people who have experienced just how crucial spines really are. I won't go into detail, but all of us know someone who has been affected and I can't begin to imagine what it would be like if it was me or a person I love.
"But Jess, Hold Your Horses", I say. "Have not the first 24 years of your life been characterised by the reckless abandon that leads to this sort of thing? Night cycling in cities with neither lights nor hands; climbing trees drunk in high heels; sneaking off on your horse to jump Big Hedges that you Dont Tell The Parents About; bouncing on trampolines and getting that tummy / mouth fear when you realise you may have jumped that little bit too high; rolling your eyes when told to drive safely, giving an enfield-esque 'Mu-uum' and then scaring yourself slightly on that tight bend near home; showing off with swan dives that leave your outstretched hands hitting the bottom of a pool hard..."
But the thing is, nothing ever happens with rhyme, reason or rationality and often the world does come across as what one might call A Bitch. Does the heel of a shoe ever fall off 3 yards from your front doorstep? My heels, certainly, are in the habit of parting company their from soles only when at least twenty minutes away.
The SIA website quotes, "Living with spinal cord injury is like being reborn, with a body which doesn't behave as it used to, into a world which wasn't designed for it." And find a broken Gina heel is difficult to cope with...
So I'm going to do my bit minimise the trauma and maximise the recovery for patients with spinal injuries. Treatment options are moving, research is ploughing ahead and people need this cash.
Well, I seem to have achieved a blog. Now I've just got to start running...
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