Last weekend we went to Center Parcs in Sologne (near Orleans, a little south of Paris). The weekend, which was organized by ELA, was intended to bring together many of the families in France who are affected by leukodystrophy. We were a little apprehensive at first, which I think is natural for newcomers since we [...]
On Monday 27 October 2008, Paul Hickey and Ciaran McNally, ran the Dublin City Marathon (26.2 miles) for ELA via Tri4Joe. Paul posted an impressively speedy 2 hours 45 minutes time and Ciaran finished in a very respectable time of just over 4 hours. We are so pleased that Paul and Ciaran have chosen to [...]
We’ve just received the attached photos which moved me to tears. Our dear friends from our former triathlon club in the UK (Whiteoak Tri) have gone to incredible lengths over the past few months to raise money and awareness for the Myelin Project UK via Run4Joe. They completed the Beachy Head Cross Country Marathon on [...]
The eight Irish women that I wrote about in our last post have done a truly magnificent job by completing the Evening Echo Ladies Cork City mini marathon and raising 1,500 euros for the European Leukodystrophy Association. Thank you so much to Dee, Ger, Sharon, Maria, Deirdre, Kathy, Sinead, and Aideen, all of whom finished [...]
Hot on the heels of the previous post about The Myelin Project UK registering with JustGiving.com, I am pleased to also announce Run4Joe. Alex Tyrrell, a close friend of ours who lives in the UK and who is a member of our old triathlon club, is going to compete in the Beachy Head Marathon which [...]
I am very pleased to announce that The Myelin Project UK has recently registered with JustGiving.com. This is really exciting because it means that it is much easier for people based in the UK – perhaps you – to organize their own fundraising activities on behalf of The Myelin Project UK. So if you are [...]
Well the title says it all! Last week Colette and Joseph spent the week in Ireland with her family. When they came back Colette had a fistful of cheques representing the last of the money that we have raised as a result of Tri4Joe. This means that we are now, finally, able to post a [...]
Well it’s a week today since the Ironman. It already seems like an age ago. I’ve recovered surprisingly quickly except for my back which is still quite sore (although I made it worse by riding my bike to and from work on Thursday! Silly impatient me!). Joseph has been on egg-shells all week – we [...]
After spending a day looking around Zurich we came home yesterday. I’ve spent the morning reading the last two posts that Colette wrote and all the very kind comments and emails that we’ve received. Thank you everyone for all your support. Joseph coped well with the journey back but is feeling a bit tired and [...]
Mission complete. Matt did himself and us proud today when he crossed that finish line at around 5.30pm this evening. His aim was to complete and finish the 3.8km swim, 180km bike and 42km run as a thank you to everyone who has supported and donated to tri4joe over the past few weeks. It was [...]