Personal Stories
Glenn’s Bath Half Marathon Success!
March 20 , 2025
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Glenn's Training Update: Week 9
After months of training, setbacks, recovery, and perseverance, Glenn has completed the Bath Half Marathon! This is a huge milestone on his journey toward his ultimate goal—the Brighton Marathon!
We are incredibly proud of everything Glenn has achieved—not just in crossing the finish line, ...
Glenn’s Countdown: The Bath Half Marathon Awaits!
March 13 , 2025
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Glenn's Training Update: Week 8
This is it—the final stretch! After months of dedication, training, and overcoming setbacks, Glenn is just days away from this momentous challenge: the Bath Half Marathon this Sunday!
Final Preparations for Bath
As race day approaches, Glenn has been stretching his hamstrings to stay limber ...
Glenn’s Training Update: Recharged for 20K Challenge!
March 06 , 2025
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Glenn's Training Update: Week 7
Family Recharge
This week, Glenn is back from a much-needed break with his family. Spending time with loved ones and enjoying a change of scenery has helped him recharge his batteries, and now he’s ready to take on his biggest run yet – a ...
Glenn’s Training Update: 15K Done & Aiming for 20K!
February 18 , 2025
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Glenn's Training Update: Week 6
This week, Glenn's training hit another milestone on his journey to the Bath Marathon—completing a 15K run! Even better, his hamstring injury has fully healed, allowing him to complete the run without any setbacks.
In an interesting twist, Glenn left the music and technology ...
Glenn’s Marathon Training: Overcoming Setbacks with Smart Recovery!
February 06 , 2025
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Glenn's Training Update: Week 5
Training for a marathon comes with challenges, and unfortunately, Glenn faced a setback last weekend when a hamstring injury forced him to cut his planned 14K run short. Rather than pushing through, he took the time to carefully assess his injury, listen to ...
Glenn’s Training Update: Smashing the 10K and Pushing Forward!
January 30 , 2025
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Glenn's Training Update: Week 4
On Sunday, 26th January, Glenn took on the North London Hospice – Race the Neighbours 10K, finishing in an impressive 54 minutes and 26 seconds! Cheered on by family at the finish line, Glenn described the incredible feeling of a "runner’s high" after ...
My Parkrun Progress: A Journey Towards the Brighton Marathon
January 19 , 2025
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In this second blog post, we catch up with Glenn's training progress.
Glenn has been working hard to prepare for the Brighton Marathon, starting with two Parkruns this month. He says:
"My first Parkrun on 4th January took me 26 minutes and 38 seconds, and I placed 94th out ...
Glenn’s Training Update: Race the Neighbours 10k!
January 23 , 2025
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Glenn's Marathon Journey: Week 3 Update
As Glenn continues his inspiring journey towards the Brighton Marathon, he shares the latest on his training:
"This week's training has been going well. On Saturday 18th January, I ran a 5k, and my time was 23 minutes and 22 seconds 🙂. I ...
Glenn’s Marathon Mission: Raising Awareness for Chronic Pain
January 16 , 2025
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Hey, I’m Glenn, a volunteer for Pain Concern and someone living with chronic pain.
On the 6th April I will be running the Brighton Marathon as part of my fundraising role for the charity! My mission is to raise awareness and funds to support others facing this challenging, ...
18 Creative and Crafty Activities
December 18 , 2024
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It’s always good to look back at previous editions of Pain Matters and it’s from issue 38 that I take great delight in sharing some words for wisdom from Dennis Turk and Frits Winter, “Pain needs competition”— social contact, creativity and fun all help us to put ...
Christmas anecdotes
December 18 , 2024
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Andy is a writer. Negotiating life with pain and fatigue has meant discovering new ways to celebrate Christmas. In this series of anecdotes, Andy shares how difficult yet joyous that journey can be.
1. “The Christmas Light Dilemma”
Every year, the twinkle of Christmas lights feels like a promise ...
Introducing Andy
December 11 , 2024
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Over the next few weeks you’ll hear from Andy Jeffrey, one of our volunteers. Andy’s almost 40 and lives in Edinburgh. Through his writing, he hopes to help others by sharing how he has rebuilt his life following a diagnosis of a chronic pain condition. By way ...
