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TA does the 2024 London Landmarks Half Marathon
Posted on 25 March 2024 by Pippa McClounan
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Meet the team!
*****WATCH OUR RUNNERS' VIDEO HERE*****
The time has almost arrived for our amazing team of runners to put their hard training runs into action and take to the streets of London for the iconic Landmarks Half Marathon on Sunday 7 April 2024.
Our successful charity place athletes are gearing up to tackle 13.1 miles, raise lots of money for TA and fulfil a truly amazing personal achievement.
So let's find out who they are!
Hannah Hurst
Two years ago, our son, Eli developed tics. He was six at the time. Looking back, he displayed more subtle tics before this age but none that we identified as such. During the last two years we were often pointed to the TA website by medical professionals as a source of information about tics and TS. It was an invaluable resource to us.
Recently, Eli has been diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome and again, our primary resource has been the TA website. Not only have we used the educational guidance packs as a resources to share with Eli’s teachers, we have recently joined our first family zoom meeting where Eli was finally able to meet another child with TS (a boy of a similar age), and we hope to one day be able to attend one of your TicFest events. Eli has relished being able to watch the videos from other children with TS on the website, and see what living with TS is like for other children.
Quite honestly, our family have found your website and resources more beneficial than anything we’ve received from the doctors and specialists we’ve met over the last two years and I want to help (in a small way) to ensure that the resource is there for the next family that are faced with a diagnosis.
Amanda Keen
My 15-year-old daughter has Tourette's and every day is a challenge for her. The support we have received has been really helpful and we both feel really strongly that educating others is vital. One of the things she finds most challenging is the thought that people are judging her or making comments about her. We both know that this is, for the most part, due to people’s lack of knowledge and understanding about the condition. Daisy has worked hard with her school to raise awareness of the condition so that people are more supportive and understanding. As a teacher myself, I am constantly raising awareness of the condition, educating others and teaching them about the importance of acceptance, being supportive of others and not making negative comments about those who have conditions (not just Tourette's) which make life more of a challenge.
Zoe Tickner
Our sone has suffered with tics from the age of 4. We were told he would probably grow out of them, however they just seem to evolve and change. Hi is now 8 and theya re worse than ever. He is now of an age where he is happy to tell people about them and we have started to explore what support TA can offer us.
There just isn't any other support out there! Our GP has referred us for an appointment but we have been waiting months with no further advice or support. We would love to attend events where our son can meet other children with tics as he feels he is the only one, and is often in pain from straining his muscles from his tics.
I cant't wait to raise money and awareness for TA and look forward to the personal challenge of running the LLHM.
Matt Webster
My son, Jacob, has TS. Since his diagnosis 4 years ago we have struggled to get any form of help from the NHS and have realised how little is known about the condition. We eventually had an appointment at GOSH who were fantastic.
TA have been brilliant all the way through our journey and my wife and I feel they need as much support as possible to try and fund research and provide support to people and families living with TS.
Our friends and family have been so supportive and I feel running LLHM is such a great way to raise some money for TA.
Gemma Wickham
I developed Tourette's in 2019, and I found the resources on the TA website incredibly helpful for learning to deal with and accept my Tourette's. I have seen the incredible work that TA has done, such as the TicFests, and I know how much these help people in the TS community. It would be amazing to raise money so that Tourettes Action can continue to help people. I have recently started running again, and am looking for a new challenge. I used to live in London, and the thought of being able to run around it whilst getting support from the crowds is thrilling. I also want to show that people with Tourette's can do anything - when I first started ticcing I was worried that it would make running difficult, but it has taken me on an amazing journey and I want to prove that it does not have to hold me back. I now find running incredibly therapeutic, so running LLHM provides me with the motivation to continue using this tool and continuing to push and challenge myself.
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