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‘It gives me an excuse to out myself’ – Jozef’s marathon story

With three weeks to go to the London Marathon one of our fab runners Jozef shares his mental health journey, why this has been a freeing experience, and the importance of self-soothing

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Collaborating with people with lived experience

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Inclusion and combating stigma

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My marathon history – potatoes, past injuries and pain

In today's blog, one of our marathon runners Rowan shares why she's running for McPin, a training update and some good advice

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Run the London Marathon for McPin!

The ballot for the London Marathon may be closed but it’s not too late to secure your place in support of McPin & mental health research

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Fundraising for McPin: 300 miles to better mental health

David Bowman is running the Great South Run in aid of McPin. Here he explains how taking up regular exercise has improved his life

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RideLondon 2018 – ride for Mental Health research!

Are you up for a challenge? Do you want to raise money for life-saving mental health research?  McPin has places for RideLondon 2018 and we would love for you to join our team. Over the last three years our riders have raised thousands of pounds to support life-saving mental health research, and had great fun doing it.

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Why I’m doing Ride London to support Mental Health Research
by Ian Bradshaw

Our policy manager Ian writes about why he is doing RideLondon, and the special challenges of doing it whilst in recovery from anorexia.

‘You are MAD…’

That was my Mum’s response to the news that I am doing RideLondon 100 mile bike ride at the end of July.

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Wellbeing and connectedness

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Run for McPin in Vitality London 2017

The McPin Foundation is looking for runners to take part in Vitality London 10k, to raise money for life-saving mental health research. The event takes places on 29^th May 2017, and we would love for you to join us!

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Ride London – Evan’s blog
by Evan Champion

McPin Rider 2016

When I feel the black dog sniffing around I’ve learned to hit the gym. I suppose I’ve always dealt with depression, though generally it’s nothing too serious. I went through one period of doing every intensive aerobic session I could find at the YMCA in Montreal.

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Taking a challenge – cycling for research into suicide
by Vanessa Pinfold

On Sunday 31^st July I got up very early – 4.45am – and cycled to the train station to start my Ride London-Surrey Prudential challenge. Getting to the start line was quite an effort as I live in West London and it started in Stratford over to the east.

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My Marathon Story
by Helen Casebourne

Last year, on a cold, grey, drizzly day I found myself with thousands of other people on the start line for the London Marathon. I was suffering with a horrid cold, the last thing I felt like doing was going for a run, never mind one which would take me on a 26.2 mile route from Blackheath to Buckingham Palace. 

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