WALK 1000 supplement
64-page #walk1000miles supplement
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#<strong>WALK</strong><strong>1000</strong>MILES2019<br />
FOR HAPPINESS<br />
‘Now I have<br />
so much<br />
going for me!’<br />
I was in the military for 25<br />
years until I had a stroke<br />
after a back operation and had to leave.<br />
I drank more, became overweight and depressed<br />
and didn’t care about anything. I remember<br />
standing on a bridge and thinking it would be<br />
easy to just step off. In 2010 I watched a film<br />
called The Way, about the 500-mile Camino<br />
de Santiago in Spain and told myself one day<br />
I’d walk it – but it was just a dream. I came across<br />
#walk<strong>1000</strong>miles, and seeing people doing it and<br />
enjoying their pictures gave me an incentive<br />
to turn it into a reality. #walk<strong>1000</strong>miles is an<br />
extended family. You get encouragement,<br />
a picture when stuck in a room with no view, and<br />
there’s not one person who judges or demands.<br />
It just kept me going, and this year I walked the<br />
Camino – it was such an emotional experience!<br />
If it wasn’t for <strong>1000</strong> miles I would be a different<br />
person; with mental<br />
health issues. Now I have<br />
a job in the NHS, I help<br />
and advise veterans<br />
and I work with<br />
psychology services<br />
helping others. I have<br />
so much going for me!<br />
Andrew Bates,<br />
55, Edinburgh<br />
‘Being a mum<br />
was taking its toll’<br />
Before #walk<strong>1000</strong>miles I was struggling<br />
with sadness and anxiety. My world<br />
changed in so many ways when I had my<br />
daughter 4½ yrs ago and being a stayat-home<br />
mum was taking its toll. Now<br />
my mental health is much improved,<br />
I’m healthier and I’ve lost over a stone.<br />
Kerry Henderson, 37, Musselburgh<br />
‘I feel 17 again’<br />
I realised that just because l was ageing<br />
it didn’t mean l was aged and l could do<br />
anything l put my mind to. l lost weight<br />
and toned up, got a suntan and felt better<br />
for being outside. I feel 17 again!<br />
Shelley Dunkerley, 58, Wakefield<br />
Gained so much<br />
confidence in myself so<br />
I explore further on solo<br />
walks and I love it! Love<br />
the positivity that walking<br />
gives me and the freedom.<br />
Linda Hopkinson,<br />
63, West Yorkshire<br />
‘A massive<br />
boost’<br />
After some very dark<br />
times with my mental<br />
health, having that<br />
goal within reach has<br />
kept my head above<br />
water and wanting<br />
to carry on. It’s really<br />
given me a massive<br />
boost to keep going<br />
no matter what life<br />
throws at me.<br />
Jenny Hodge,<br />
39, Biggleswade<br />
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“In life I only do things I can stand behind.<br />
In sports and also in my job. That‘s exactly why<br />
I like Deuter. With passion, experience, and<br />
expertise - you just feel it in their products.”<br />
DANIEL BÜRKLE, WITH THE NEW FUTURA PRO 36<br />
“In life I only do things I can stand behind. In sports and also<br />
in my job. That‘s exactly why I like Deuter. With passion,<br />
experience, and expertise - you just feel it in their products.”<br />
DANIEL BÜRKLE, WITH THE NEW FUTURA PRO 36<br />
26 <strong>WALK</strong> <strong>1000</strong> MILES 2019<br />
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