Update: #20in2020
Until now, injury was the biggest obstacle to success. Whilst not fully recovered, I am confident that my body will
Continue readingAuthor: Ro Kallicharan
Ro (Rohan) is an award-winning mental health campaigner and speaker with lived experience of mental illness. He has been involved in a number of high-profile campaigns to raise awareness and break down the stigma around mental ill-health, and is a Trustee at Mind, the UK's largest mental health charity. He is a sub-3 hour marathon runner, HR Director and husband to Claire.
Liverpool Football Club: One Love, Thirty Long Years
30 long years, but the end is in sight. Here I remember 1990 and a life supporting Liverpool Football Club and a deep attachment to the city.
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The 26 year niggle
I had a bad back when I was 19, so long ago to be long forgotten until this 26 year niggle came up in an MRI on my injured groin.
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Burnout, depression and the road back
As I ran through New York, I should have known it wasn’t just injury. I was exhausted to the point of burnout and depression was eating me inside and out.
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Stevie G, Football, Bipolar & Me
It will always the Gerrard Final, but for me it was much more. Football has been a huge part of my recovery from Bipolar and it started with Stevie G.
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2020 … Let’s Get Running!
It’s definitely my last big fundraising year… and what better way to do it than to support 4 fabulous charities with 20 marathons in 2020??
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This Means More: My 45 Year Love Affair with One Bird
It’s never been just about a game. Liverpool Football Club is a way of life, a love affair with a club, bird and city.
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Notre Dame: Memories of a Lifetime
“And there we she was, pure majesty, a sight more breathtakingly divine than any I have ever seen.” – my reflections and memories of Notre-Dame de Paris.
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Transformed by Grace
It was Epiphany 2006, the day when my life was truly transformed by grace, God’s grace which has resurrected me from the depths of suicide and mental illness.
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