If you have been reading this site or any of my Social Media feeds you know I am planning to run 28 Marathons in 28 Days to raise awareness of baby loss and miscarriage from a father’s perspective.
This is all in the name of my daughter AnaBella who died on the 19th May 2018 aged just 28 days.
During this time I am also going to be raising money for The Grand Appeal, Cruse Bereavement and to fund my podcast A Fathers Grief giving a space for Dads to share their stories and listen to others.
Below is my route schedule for this challenge, each place is linked to a rough location in Google Maps of where I will be on this day.
If you live near any of these places and would be interested in joining me either running/walking during the day or in the evening please reach out to me. I am particularly interested in spending time with other dads who share similar stories so we can share along the way.
Also if you know anyone else along this way who you think may enjoy running with me please feel free to share this page.
And of course if you can and would like to sponsor me please visit: https://gofund.me/7cdfb360
Day 1 – 21st May: South West Coast Path End Marker, Swanage BH19 3BA to Steeple, Wareham, Dorset
Day 2 – 22nd May: Steeple, Wareham, Dorset to The Grove, Portland, Dorset
Day 3 – 23rd May: The Grove, Portland, Dorset to Burton Bradstock, Dorset
Day 4 – May: Burton Bradstock, Dorset to Branscombe, Devon
Day 5 – 25th May: Branscombe, Devon to Holcombe, Devon
Day 6 – 26th May: Holcombe, Devon to Brixham, Torbay, Devon
Day 7 – 27th May: Brixham, Torbay, Devon to East Prawle, South Hams, Devon
Day 8 – 28th May: East Prawle, South Hams, Devon to Membland, Newton and Noss, Devon
Day 9 – 29th May: Membland, Newton and Noss, Devon to Cawsand, Southeast Cornwall
Day 10 – 30th May: Cawsand, Southeast Cornwall to Lansallos, Loo, Cornwall
Day 11 – 31st May: Lansallos, Loo, Cornwall to Gorran Haven, Cornwall Day 12 – 1st June: Gorran Haven, Cornwall to Falmouth, Cornwall
Day 13 – 2nd June: Falmouth, Cornwall to Landewednack, Helston
Day 14 – 3rd June: Landewednack, Helston to Marazion, Cornwall
Day 15 – 4th June: Marazion, Cornwall to YHA Land’s End
Day 16 – 5th June: YHA Land’s End to Phillack, Hayle
Day 17 – 6th June: Phillack, Hayle to Holywell, Newquay
Day 18 – 7th June: Holywell, Newquay to Trevone, Padstow
Day 19 – 8th June: Trevone, Padstow to Dunderhole Point, Tintagel
Day 20 – 9th June: Dunderhole Point, Tintagel to Coombe, Bude
Day 21 – 10th June: Coombe, Bude to Peppercombe, Bideford
Day 22 – 11th June: Peppercombe, Bideford to Heanton Punchardon, Braunton
Day 23 – 12th June: Heanton Punchardon, Braunton to Ilfracombe
Day 24 – 13th June: Ilfracombe to Porlock, Minehead
Day 25 – 14th June: Porlock, Minehead to Stogursey, Bridgwater
Day 26 – 15th June: Stogursey, Bridgwater to Pawlett, Bridgwater
Day 27 – 16th June: Pawlett, Bridgwater to Axbridge
Day 28 – 17th June: Axbridge to Frome
Wowzers – Dont forget your vaseline, for your toes/blisters!
When you see the route like that…wow, just wow. Kudos dude!
Well done! I was running/ walking the Jurassic coast 100k and met you along the way, I promised to donate so wanted to encourage you that I didn’t forget! Incredible resilience you are showing to even begin to do this route, I am inspired by the distance you will do with a tent on your back and many uncomfortable nights sleep.. stay strong and just keep going you can do it!! You are an inspiration to many, your daughter will be so proud as she looks down on her amazing dad, GO GO!!
Thank you for your kind words Sophie and thank you for remembering me, you guys were awesome yesterday. Doing this in AnaBellas name at least makes me feel a little less helpless
Good luck! Godspeed! We met you on the cliff today – you took a brilliant photo & now we know what a massive task you have taken on: we will be thinking of you & wishing you well – you are very brave & your love for Anabella shines through
Thank you guys, happy to oblige. I didn’t realise what you had just climbed up until I had to go down! Hope you had a good day, got a tad wet and windy here
Just a tad wet & windy! We were staggering through the wind on the steep hill by the sea – and I don’t know how you ran through that on the beach! Our small dog was wobbling around – nearly airborne – and trying to keep her balance.
Chris keep up this incredible journey.
Our chat today in the wash room was inspirational.
Steve
Hi Chris
We met on day 5 and we had a chat about our experiences. I did post an earlier message but I don’t see it here so I must have done something wrong! Anyway, I have been following you every step of the way and look forward every morning to watching your daily videos. You are amazing, I know how brutal the path can be if you are walking and certainly nowhere near 26.2 miles in a day! I honestly don’t know how you do it day in day out. You can get to that finish line. Anabella would be very proud of her Daddy.