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Mike's European Marathons Raising awareness/funds for Invest In ME's research projects. Marathon in 36 European countries, £53k raised. Thanks for your support :-)

I've now successful run a marathon in every country in the EU (27 in total) raising awareness/funds for Invest In ME (www.investinme.org) a leading ME research charity who aim to find a cure for at least 250,000 UK sufferers including one of my best friends, Ian. I've done Czech Rep, Finland, Ireland, Greece, Sweden, Poland, Belgium, France, Spain, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Netherlands, Slovenia, Cyprus, Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Portugal, France, Malta, Croatia, Germany and Italy. I've been meeting with international ME associations, support groups, patients and press/media to promote the need and put pressure on governments to fund biomedical research projects. I now plan to run marathons around the rest of Europe to see if I can help other countries/ME Associations somehow. In addition to the EU countries, I've now run in Serbia, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway and have raised over £50,000 for ME research projects. https://www.justgiving.com/mikeseumarathons
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Invest in ME are instigating clinical research, funding PhD's and organising international conferences for scientists to share research to find a cure for M.E. They are also setting up a UK ME centre of excellence where patients can be properly diagnosed, treated and research projects can take place. There is no real govt funding towards finding a cure or effective treatment of ME. Invest In ME are voluntary run and all sponsorship goes to research projects. If you know someone suffering with the illness, supporting the groundbreaking work by Invest In ME is the best way that you can help them.

17/10/2026

A hot day, 4 loops of the city and they ran out of water. Stray dogs everywhere but a successful race 🇧🇬

15/10/2026

Will be posting a bit more often as I battle my way back to fitness. Hope that's ok?

Hi I've had 6 weeks of no running and I'm now itching to get back to training.After a lot of time spent researching race...
02/10/2026

Hi

I've had 6 weeks of no running and I'm now itching to get back to training.

After a lot of time spent researching races for Spring 2027 I've settled on something quite exciting.

I'll be taking on Two Rivers Marathon in the Netherlands on March 21st.

It'll be 10 years since I last ran in the country (Amsterdam Oct 2017) and I'm looking forward to coming back to see if I can help raise more funds and awareness for M.E research.

The race takes place in a lovely little medieval town called Zaltbommel and tracks the rivers Maas and Waal along dikes and very flat footpaths. It's a small event with maybe 500 marathon runners and is known for being very friendly and well supported by the locals. The race has a South African theme after 2 Dutchmen visited the country and loved the unique atmosphere of ultra-marathons like Comrades and Two Oceans; they have a big Brai/bbq party in the street after the race.

I'm very much looking forward to meeting up with my good friend Rob Wijbenga (Editor of The ME Global Chronicle) and anyone else well enough to chat. I'll be staying a night in beautiful Utrecht on my way through.

There aren't many countries in Europe holding Spring races that I haven't been to before and yet plenty in Autumn! I'm excited to be heading off to Albania next October to run Tirana Marathon.

Two Rivers will be marathon 41. It feels a long way back to fitness but I'm as determined as ever to try to help my M.E pals.

Thanks again for sticking with me, this will be my 12th year of running for Invest in ME Research Charity. £53.5K raised so far. I appreciate every message of support and donation.

www.justgiving.com/mikeseumarathons

Race report for Reykjavik Marathon, Iceland.No. 40 in 36 countries. It was quite the experience!
31/08/2026

Race report for Reykjavik Marathon, Iceland.

No. 40 in 36 countries. It was quite the experience!

I arrived in Reykjavik for marathon 40 in my 36th country after a tricky build up. I couldn't train for 5-6 weeks with a freak rib muscle injury and my knees were both still very sore and...

Back at work today and thinking back to how much of an incredible long weekend that was.Delighted to have hit 40 maratho...
24/08/2026

Back at work today and thinking back to how much of an incredible long weekend that was.

Delighted to have hit 40 marathons (36 European countries) 🇪🇺🏃‍♂️

Over £600 raised from this race so far for biomedical ME Research, thanks to every one of you.

Race report coming next weekend.

Huge thanks to Helga, Asta and ME félag Íslands for being so hospitable.

I'm not sure where to run next, drop me some ideas!

Www.justgiving.com/mikeseumarathons

22/08/2026
Reykjavik, Iceland done!Tough slog with the rain, wind and hills but happy to get round. First half support was fantasti...
22/08/2026

Reykjavik, Iceland done!

Tough slog with the rain, wind and hills but happy to get round. First half support was fantastic and the coastal views throughout were next level.

Race dedicated to Fanný, Lilja, Freya, Helga and Asta and the 4500 people in Iceland with ME. Proud to run for you.

Thanks for all the sponsorship that came in whilst I was plodding away.

Www.justgiving.com/mikeseumarathons

Time to run 🇮🇸
22/08/2026

Time to run 🇮🇸

Awesome day on The South Tour.Waterfalls, a glacier and a black sand beach. Iceland is as incredible as I remember from ...
21/08/2026

Awesome day on The South Tour.

Waterfalls, a glacier and a black sand beach. Iceland is as incredible as I remember from visiting 10 years ago.

I'll give it everything I've got tomorrow.

Thanks for all your nice messages and sponsorship today.

Next update with medal hopefully 🙂

Www.justgiving.com/mikeseumarathons

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