This is our story in a small graph. In three years we have grown from 150 to more than 250 runners4fun!
But the Club is about you, your healthy choice, the fun of running as a team and the stories that unveil with each competition or training session.
We are proud of you all and look forward to seeing you at the start line on 19 May!
Stay tuned for more!
Teodora and Adela are painting purple butterflies and making purple bracelets and ribbons – beautiful!
They take their children to Constanta, to ride a gold-mane horse – how happy!
Teodora and Adela are mothers of children affected with Dravet, a rare and untreatable form of epilepsy. They had to reinvent their lifestyle to keep their children alive and relatively safe and to help other families faced with this merciless syndrome.
Purple butterflies, bracelets and ribbons help spread their message. Going to Constanta for special therapy helps their children come closer to a normal life – the one we usually take for granted.
Together with the neuro-paediatrician Magdalena Sandu they
are The Association for Dravet and Other
Rare Epilepsies. Their cause is so difficult because this syndrome is
impossible to diagnose in Romania and the authorities don’t take it into
consideration. Families with children affected by Dravet - around 40 in Romania - lack access to proper
treatment or, even worse, are ashamed to make their voice heard.
We, in PwC run4fun Club, are proud to share their story. We believe in people who find strength in their fragility. We admire Teodora’s and Adela’s restlessness in lobbying the authorities, in talking openly about the condition that affects their dearest ones, in educating and encouraging families to fight for a normal life and social inclusion.
A wreath woven from olive branches – the prize awarded in the past at the Boston Marathon. Let us always remember its meaning.
Our thoughts and prayers go to those hurt in the bombing and to their families and friends.
We will run for Boston in Cluj International Marathon and Bucharest International Half-Marathon.
Last week was a bit ecstatic for us, here at the PwC run 4
fun Club! As you already know from our Facebook page, we’ve won the
award for the largest organized group to run in this year’s Bucharest
International Marathon, for the second time in a row!
We were too euphoric last week to be able to share more of our experience at the post-marathon party, but we’re catching up now. First, we’d just like to congratulate each and every one of our 204 runners for their achievements in their respective races! Breaking our own records is not an easy task – but the overwhelming feeling once you’re done is beyond words. And we’ve seen that on the faces of our runners that we are honoured to have in our club. We’re really looking forward to breaking yet another record in 2013!
The prize was accepted by Peter de Ruiter, the main supporter of our club – and we thank him wholeheartedly for that! As challenging as everyday life is, he and the rest of the club team have always found the time and energy to devote in promoting the undeniable benefits of running (and of exercising at large): more energy, productivity, increased social circle, a healthier shape and, last but not least, more happiness in just enjoying life.
Since this is our own Oscar moment, we’d also like to thank our trainers – Victor, Stefan and Susan – for their commitment, help, advice and overall support in making sure we’re fit and ready to face the race ahead. We hope we haven’t been bad students in the weekly trainings!
The cup in the image is for all of you – and for all those
who are considering joining us for next year’s challenge! It’s been quite a
ride so far and we’ve yet to reach the final point. After all, as they say, it’s
all about the journey, not the destination.
Glad to have you all onboard!
As we've been posting story after story from our runners here on our blog, we're sure you've noticed, on more than one occasion, the numerous references people made to a certain person named Diana. She is the person behind the idea of our running club, recruiting new members simply by being her bubbly, energetic and enthusiastic 5 feet tall self (as you can see from the photo!) and genuinely believing in the great benefits running - and exercising in general - has for our lives. She participates in every major competition with the rest of our club members and she always encourages and runs along with those who think they can't do it anymore. Whenever we talk to her, her (genuine) signature phrase pops up: "Of course you can!".
Without further ado, here she is.
