Mosaic mentor Del Hossain will be running the London Marathon for Mosaic on Sunday. He takes us through his routine leading up the big day and reflects on the tragedy at the Boston Marathon:
“The countdown is on in the final week before the 21st of April. As I write this blog post I am still thinking of the very sad news of fellow runners from the Boston Marathon.
“People take part in Marathon’s to honour and celebrate life and the amazing work done by their chosen causes, whilst proving to themselves that they are taking action, being present and most importantly making a difference.
“The symbol of community harmony through running is greater than the physical act on the body, many runners training for this event will feel an additional reason to succeed for their just causes rather than being deterred by Boston’s events, such is the positive nature of this endurance event…”
Read Del’s full blog post on the Mosaic Blog.
We wish Del every success in his training – please do encourage him by sponsoring him on his BT MyDonate page.
We will we tweeting about Del on @Mosaicnetwork and you can also follow Del’s progress on his own account @delhossain.
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