Edinburgh Marathon revisited

As many of you know Edinburgh Marathon has very special memories for me. 13 years ago I entered John and myself to run to celebrate John's 50th birthday. Little did I know when I ran happily over the finish line in June 2005 that 6 months later I would be diagnosed with MS.

https://annoniemouse1970.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/2005-in-pre-ms-days.html?m=1

In addition to the 26.2 mile distance Edinburgh holds a concurrent relay race for teams of 4. It's a great idea as the course is flooded with fresh runners every 6.5 miles or so to inspire the tired marathoners on their way.

This year Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, her husband Richard and family/friends had decided to enter as a team and raise funds for the human rights charities who had supported Nazanin whilst in prison in Iran:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/runningfornazanin

Nazanin has been training by running around a courtyard in prison. Sadly, as we know, her release at Christmas didn't happen. Family and friends will run without her. If you can spare a few moments and a token donation to Amnesty Scotland and other charities the message will give support to Nazanin and boost media coverage. Amnesty and the other human rights charities will continue to use their resources to support Nazanin and many others unjustly imprisoned in Iran and worldwide.

This family's living nightmare puts my relatively minor discomfort of living with MS in perspective. Sometimes it does me good to escape my little MS world and think about other problems.