Julie and Peter's Story

Each day is different, and some trying days and some, some not so trying but it’s a difficult thing to deal with. 3 years ago, in September, Julie was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, right. You know to be fair, a bit of a blow, really in one so young, but Julie being the fighter that she is, is prepared to do everything and anything to try and, well you can’t fight it totally, but to slow it down or to help in any way she can. Julie were a dancing instructor, had her own school for 37 years. Thousands, and I mean thousands of pupils have passed through Julie’s school over the years. So if we go to town or anything, Julie can’t walk through without everybody saying “Oh there’s Julie”. I can’t deny that you know, it was a blow to have to stop. But we’ve seeking you know something else and we found it in this running game. It’s a great leveller, there’s no agenda, everybody is equal in the running gear, and I would say, that if you asked most of the runners, I don’t think any one of them would know that Julie has a condition. We found that a great help. Julie, loves the feeling of that energy burst in achieving something again. JULIE “ and I like to get into it”. And she’s giving it her heart and soul like she does with everything and it’s great. It’s great. A little bit of Julie’s mojo has come back since she’s started running. JULIE “I have gone up there since then, I can’t go around and say oh no I’m not bothered, oh well it doesn’t matter about that, its motivation all the time.” Anybody watching this, and it motivates them to do some activity that they previously hadn’t done, then for goodness sake, go and do it, because that feeling of fresh air, and activity and a bit of a buzz can certainly help, definitely.