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Afternoon peeps. So have settled on Florence (Italy) as my next marathon for Invest In ME on 27th November (marathon number 31 for them) Somewhere I've always wanted to go and should be nice and cold/wet. I've made contact with someone there with ME and will be working with them to raise...

Delighted to raise over £300 for Invest In ME from my Liechtenstein marathon. Really hoping to still find someone there to interview so if you come across anyone do let me know. Race report and pics here: http://www.mikeseumarathons.eu/other-marathons.html

Hi all I'll be running the last ever Liechtenstein Marathon on June 11th. Whilst its not in the EU, it will be in honour of people with ME there. Statistically there's at least 200 people in this little country with the illness. If anyone knows of anyone there who might like to tell me their...

Hi all My last race report Thanks so much for your support on here finding patients to interview and all the nice messages down the years. I'll be back in a few months with a new challenge. www.mikeseumarathons.eu/rome-italy-mar-2022.html

Hiya, yep it was in the magazine. They weren't able to put it on their website or socials sadly.

Hi all Just a week until I run in Rome and finish the challenge. I'll be on BBC Radio Bristol at 12pm on Monday for 30 mins or so. I'll post the link next week. This is the very last time in 7 years that I'm asking for sponsorship. Really keen to get as close to target as possible so if you...

Some lovely coverage from the team at Quadram Institute where Invest In ME funded FMT Trial is due to start. https://quadram.ac.uk/blogs/26-marathons-down-just-one-more-to-go-for-me-fundraiser-mike/

Fulfilled a small life ambition today getting featured in Runner's World magazine. Looking forward to the podcast with them soon which has potential to reach 700,000 subscribers. More media stuff to come, I'm going out in a blaze of glory! www.justgiving.com/mikeseumarathons

I was on BBC Radio Bristol this morning for about 4-5 mins Scroll through to 1.25 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0bhvl7n

Hi all Quick update from me. I'm training for my last EU marathon in Rome, Italy on March 27th. I'll be appearing in Runners World magazine and website in April and I'll be on their podcast in March which will hopefully go out to their 500,000 audience. A great opportunity to reach people...

I still need to find people with ME to tell me their story in Cyprus, Latvia and Estonia. If you know of anyone do let me know! I'd love to round off the challenge in March with a full set of EU interviews.

Thanks all. I will be writing up the experience into a book as I mentioned a while back. I'm not sure it'll be purposed as an ME Awareness book but as it is the main driver of the challenge, you can expect very heavy reference throughout to the situation in the European countries I've visited...

M.E in Bulgaria A big thankyou to @svetoslav80 for sharing his story and helping to raise awareness. I really hope we can find others there and establish a movement to lobby the government. At the very least I'll try and get a Facebook support group going there if I can. Will see if its...

Race report for my last run in Croatia! Contains patient interview links, Zagreb Marathon interview feature and the very kind shout that I got on Croatian TV. http://www.mikeseumarathons.eu/zagreb-croatia-oct-2021.html £1300 raised on this one in just 3.5 weeks for Invest In ME. Thanks to...

Thanks Ash. It's great to have so much support and feel like I'm doing something small to help. I'll definitely miss it when it's all over

Had some really good media support so far thanks to Tea Pavkovic in Croatia. https://www.zagreb-marathon.com/news/maratonac-u-humanitarnoj-akciji-za-oboljele-od-mijalgickog-encefalomijelitisa/?fbclid=IwAR2QZnUX9pWTFwhsNEzyKs6Z5Q-YLAg2iLrbEb-NhtEqRFO20QC3FgK-udA Tea has been an amazing support...

Evening all. Thanks to those of you have liked/share/messaged about my run in Hamburg. Here's my race report: http://www.mikeseumarathons.eu/hamburg-germany-sept-2021.html Focusing on #26/27 now which is Zagreb on Sunday 10th October. I'll be sharing 2 interviews with Croatian ME patients...

Not at all, that doesn't make your story any less important and valid. I'll drop you a message directly.

Hi @svetoslav80 . I'd love to interview you if you felt like sharing your story. Perhaps it would help other Bulgarians to find you and raise awareness a little. http://www.mikeseumarathons.eu/bulgaria.html

Hiya, I'm afraid I didn't manage to find anyone in Bulgaria. Still trying....