“It’s really not sunk in yet” – Salford friends raise more than £13,000 in memory of close friend
Jamie I was always had a smile on his face he was um life and soul of every party as they say um was a tal of football he was a fireman that we’re all proud of um you know he’s like an older brother to a lot of Us He he was he’s very much like an older brother certainly to me from 16 17 we started playing football playing against him quite a lot and he just kind of he was always there take you under his wing and just make you feel one of the boys really it’s difficult certainly in
A football and perspective going playing open a football you’ve got some real like J who who did look afterwards he just made it so easy so I think doing something for him it just listen just it was always going to happen after after everything last few years so Ni no Yeah Trained with us might pulled out an inur the night but he would have hadj training with us he would have been leading in the training and stuff that it was just everything we did on that day like kind of personified what Jamie was about so you know he is with all his
Mates he would have been training hard he would have enjoyed the ban and stuff like that so that’s kind of like what what happened throughout the training program as well it kind of brought it all closer together so to Speak Sharing sharing stories with c after win the marathon in 2019 Ro done numerous Marathon so just preparing time sharing stories tell me how going to feel about that really really helped you know he really did he was kind of go to for a lot of time tw9 because he been there
Done that I love the CH with about it and how I’m going to feel and we had a look laugh and you know it was it was brilliant again certainly helped me get me through my first M 100% Jamie and car who were two of the best
Two two best friends and that they were two big Runners um and while we were training the am of times I thought I I want to stop I thought to myself no don’t because they Wouldn’t really wanted to push the awareness Cu uh mental health being a big big thing at the minute by myself myself that we wanted to let the community know and people close by that you know there is always somebody here people are struggling you know it’s perfectly okay
To reach out that’s love Health you Did Think sometimes realizing that when a when a friend does need someone to talk to that’s with the Run um i’ I’ve had my own personal battles with mental health and I’m quite open about it and you’ve got to you’ve got to admit that you need help sometimes and want help that’s the
First thing um taking taking baby steps as well setting yourself little goals at first and and then moving on uh making your goals a little bit bigger but also knowing that it’s okay it is okay not to be okay and it’s okay if you have a
Setback if you do have a bad day that’s fine you don’t beat yourself up about it you get up the next day and and you try again