Little Stoke chiropractor Lee Wickham will be running the 2022 Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday 27th March to raise funds and awareness for mental health research at The Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute at Cardiff University. He is asking Journal readers to sponsor him via a dedicated JustGiving fundraising page.
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A brother and sister from Little Stoke are running the Bristol Half Marathon to raise funds for a charity which supports families that, like their own, have been affected by military suicide. The siblings’ family had their lives completely devastated in May 2020 when their brother tragically took his own life following a battle with mental health illness.
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A New Year’s Eve challenge, made under the influence of a few celebratory drinks with friends, turned into a life-changing fitness quest for one SGS employee. South Gloucestershire and Stroud (SGS) College Students’ Union engagement officer Ben Johnson and two of his friends made a pact back on New Year’s Eve 2018 to run 3k every day throughout 2019 to
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A young Stoke Gifford mum is aiming to raise funds for a national diabetes charity by running the London Marathon just 12 months after giving birth to her first child. Eight weeks into her pregnancy, Shannon Jones was found to have a high glucose reading and the condition was initially treated as gestational diabetes. However, following three to four weeks
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Children at Stoke Gifford Pre-School, based at the Trust Hall in North Road, enjoyed a visit from Somerset runner Jim Plunkett-Cole, who talked to them about the importance of exercising regularly. After being inspired by the London 2012 Olympics, Jim has run 10km every day since 1st January 2013 and now swims and cycles every day too. His next challenge,
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A Stoke Gifford man is running this weekend’s London Marathon in memory of his dad who passed away in 2011. Paul Adams, 33, is taking on the 26.2-mile challenge along with partner Andrew Turner, on behalf of local charity St Peter’s Hospice, which cared for Paul’s dad Barry Adams in his final days. Paul, a pension administrator at Aon Hewitt,
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This Sunday (5th May), Leigh Morse of Little Stoke will take on the challenge of the Bristol 10k in aid of Allergy UK. Leigh has been braving the cold winter weather and pounding the local streets to clock up the training miles, as these will see him through on the day. He has even faced and conquered injury to take
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A new weekly ‘Parkrun’ for local runners and joggers is to begin in Little Stoke Park on Saturday 3rd November. Parkrun is a free, weekly 5k timed run, which takes place all over the UK and beyond, every Saturday at 9am, all year round. News of the start of the regular weekly session follows a successful trial event in the
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