June 2021 challenge: park runs
I spent June running 48.8 miles through 79 Edinburgh parks. Fundraising for JCWI in 2021 This is the 6th recap post of my 2021 monthly running challenges. These challenges are part of my fundraiser for the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI). Read my blog post on why I'm doing this fundraiser My previous recaps Donate to my JustGiving page Recapping the horrors of UK immigration each month As part of my fundraising efforts, I am also raising awareness about what's happening in the world of UK immigration each month. I want people to understand just how much awfulness happens in 28 to 31 days. My recaps will be over on my Medium site. How the UK immigration system hurts people: June 2021 Why park runs The idea just came to me one day to run through as many parks in Edinburgh as I could. It sounded cool. So I did it. Planning the runs I decided I would do it by doing 4 separate runs through east, west, north and south Edinburgh. I mapped out routes for each direc...