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My jogscotland pals helped me through the tough times By Gillian McDonald of JogPeebles
There was snow on the ground the first time I turned up to a Couch to 5K group with JogPeebles in January 2011, and I must admit, I thought everyone was daft! But I quickly got hit by the bug of challenges, adventure and achievement, and since then I have found that running offers a valuable escape from the challenge of having twin boys with Fragile X Syndrome. Fragile X is the most common known cause of inherited learning disability, yet so often goes undiagnosed due to lack of awareness. Despite that snowy first week, I stuck with it, and by the end of the 10 weeks I’d been persuaded by two other group members to do a sponsored run, to raise funds for the local Scout hall. So from managing to run 5K one week, it was onto The Mighty Deerstalker a few weeks later - oh how naive was I?! I had never heard of it, and discovered it was five miles, up hills, in fancy dress, wading through the River Tweed and going through a tunnel where the water was waist high. I do remember swearing a lot, but we did it!
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jogscotland magazine
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Spring 2022
