Jordan Adams was diagnosed with early-onset dementia and is taking on an extraordinary challenge-running a marathon everyday for 32 days.
Adams, who was diagnosed with early-onset dementia 'Frontotemporal Dementia' (FTD) will begin his challenge a day after completing the London Marathon where he ran 42km carrying a 25kg fridge on his back. As a result he raised over £145,000 though their gofundme page, with 50% of donations going towards Alzheimer Society of Ireland and the rest to their non-profit, FTD Brothers Foundation.
Jordan decided to run the London Marathon with a fridge on his back to "raise awareness and capture attention for the cause."
His decision to embark on this journey and to carry out this challenge comes from a deeply personal diagnosis. Jordan's mother passed away at the age of 52 after living with FTD and has now received the same diagnosis. He is taking on the challenge in memory of 12 of his relatives who have all died from FTD. Seeing himself with the same diagnosis that claimed this life of his family members he has decided to step forward and raise awarness about FTD.
Jordan was diagnosed with FTD back in 2018. “Losing my mum the way I did changed everything, Now being diagnosed myself, I had a choice and I chose to do something that shows life doesn’t stop here," Jordan said.
Jordans challenge began today in Belfast-he will run a marathon every day for 32 days across 32 counties in Ireland.
| Day 1 - Monday 27th April
Antrim (County Antrim)
Day 2 - Tuesday 28th April Coleraine (County Londonderry)
Day 3 - Wednesday 29th April Letterkenny (County Donegal)
Day 4 - Thursday 30th April Omagh (County Tyrone) Day 5 - Friday 1st May Monaghan (County Monagham)
Day 6 - Saturday 2nd May Armagh (County Armagh)
Day 7 - Sunday 3rd May Belfast (County Antrim)
Day 8 – Monday 4th May Dundalk (County Louth)
Day 9 – Tuesday 5th May Navan (County Meath)
Day 10 – Wednesday 6th May Cavan (County Cavan)
Day 11 – Thursday 7th May Enniskillen (County Fermanagh)
Day 12 – Friday 8th May Sligo (County Silgo)
Day 13 – Saturday 9th May Castlebar (County Mayo)
Day 14 – Sunday 10th May Carrick-on-Shannon (County Leitrim)
Day 15 – Monday 11th May Longford (County Longford)
Day 16 – Tuesday 12th May Roscommon (County Roscommon) |
Day 17 – Wednesday 13th May
Mullingar (County Westmeath)
Day 18 – Thursday 14th May Galway (County Galway)
Day 19 – Friday 15th May Shannon (County Clare)
Day 20 – Saturday 16th May Limerick (County Limerick) Day 21 – Sunday 17th May Killarney (County Kerry)
Day 22 – Monday 18th May Cork City (County Cork)
Day 23 – Tuesday 19th May Tipperary Town (County Tipperary)
Day 24 – Wednesday 20th May Waterford City (County Waterford)
Day 25 – Thursday 21st May Kilkenny City (County Kilkenny)
Day 26 – Friday 22nd May Wexford Town (County Wexford)
Day 27 – Saturday 23rd May Wicklow Town (Country Wicklow)
Day 28 – Sunday 24th May Carlow City (Country Carlow)
Day 29 – Monday 25th May Portlaoise (County Laois)
Day 30 – Tuesday 26th May Tullamore (County Offaly)
Day 31 – Wednesday 27th May Kildare Town (County Kildare)
Day 32 – Thursday 28th May FINISH DUBLIN
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