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On 28 May 2023, 28 runners representing the charity Who Is Hussain (WiH)<\/strong> participated in the Wimbledon Commons Half Marathon. This challenge was part of the charity’s global #Give Campaign to raise funds to support treatment for children with congenital heart Congenital heart disease is a rapidly emerging global problem in child health. Every year, an estimated 1.3 million new-borns are impacted with this disease. The pandemic has only made it more challenging for children, especially in developing countries, to access life-saving surgeries. This is critical as receiving treatment in a timely manner can allow these children to lead normal lives.<\/p>\n With more than half the group attempting the half marathon for the first time, this was a new and different challenge for many. One of the runners, Dr Ali Al-Bakri shared that he went through a challenging time last year and was barely able to run a few metres but had On the day, despite the nerves, the runners immersed themselves in the friendly atmosphere and camaraderie that was on display – sharing their own running journey with others, motivating and supporting everyone around them. Some runners pumped out<\/p>\n Impressive times, others battled through adversity and injury to reach the finish line. Much like life, everyone’s journey was different but everyone’s final result was the same, a successful finish at the Wimbledon Common Half Marathon.<\/p>\n However, what made this event special was the opportunity to run collectively and for a cause. Running is often seen as a difficult and lonely sport. Yet, when you run for a cause and as a group, it can quickly become something different. This was epitomised by the runners representing.<\/p>\n Who is Hussain, who completed the event in high spirits despite what challenges that came their way. Collectively, close to £80,000 has been raised from the #Give Campaign. To find out more about the campaign or donate, please visit the page here<\/strong><\/a><\/span>:<\/p>\n On 28 May 2023, 28 runners representing the charity Who Is Hussain (WiH) participated in the Wimbledon Commons Half Marathon. This challenge was part of the charity’s global #Give Campaign to raise funds to support treatment for children with congenital heart defects. Congenital heart disease is a rapidly emerging global problem in child health. Every year, an estimated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2957,"featured_media":8043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2957"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8041"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8048,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8041\/revisions\/8048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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