Simon Doyle

Every step for you - 50k in may

This May, I’m running 50k. 

Not because I’m a runner — I’m not. some days PTSD means getting out of bed is the marathon. I’m running because my child should be here. And they’re not. And I know so many others who go through the Same pain. 

I’m doing this for child loss awareness — for the miscarriages, stillbirths, neonatal deaths, and the children we have lost too soon. The ones we don’t talk about enough because it makes people uncomfortable. I’m doing it so other parents don’t feel like they have to grieve in silence.

I’m running for my child and yours. Every step in May is for them. For the birthdays we won’t have, the “what ifs”, and the empty space at the table.

So What 50k really means?? 

It means running when I don’t want to. It means bad days where the PTSD is loud and my chest is tight and I do 1k anyway.

The goal 50,000 kilometres ( 31 miles) 

If you’re grieving too.. You don’t have to run. You don’t have to donate. You don’t have to be “strong”. If today you just breathed, that’s enough. 

My child isn’t here physically, but I know he’ll be with me in every step in May!! 

Thank you for reading. Thank you for remembering.

— Simon

Running 50k in May for all the babies gone too soon.