{"id":11690,"date":"2022-02-24T19:56:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T00:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/?p=11690"},"modified":"2022-03-19T23:34:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T03:34:49","slug":"nicks-run-across-america-the-return-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/2022\/02\/nicks-run-across-america-the-return-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick’s Run Across America \u2013 The Return 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Guest article by Nick Ashill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am honored to give SERVSIG an update of my run across America<\/a> to raise awareness of Pulmonary Fibrosis. Sadly, the run did not happen in 2020 due to Covid-19 but a date has been set for the end of May 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My flight is booked and my support crew are in place! The last four years have been a rollercoaster of emotions but sixteen surgeries later I am back running. So many people have helped to get me back on my feet \u2013 my family, surgeons, physiotherapists and personal trainers. In September 2021, I ran my longest race in 5 years, a 157km run in 19 hours and 15 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 30 May 2022 I will start my run from the exact spot I was hit on 2 August 2017. I have 3 US states to run \u2013 Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey before reaching New York. The 1000km should take me about 18-20 days. The three surgeons who put me back together in 2017 will be joining me for a few kms at the start. It is going to be an emotional reunion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could never imagine something like this ever happening. But I am grateful for a second chance. My family and close friends continually remind me of how far I have come, not how many kilometres I have left to run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raising awareness of pulmonary fibrosis has always been the primary goal of the run and this has not changed. I feel privilged to be working closely with the Pulmonary Fibrosis Trust in the United Kingdom<\/a> and the New Zealand Asthma and Respiratory Foundation<\/a>. Pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive debilitating lung disease with high morbidity. There is no cure. If you are able to donate to either charity, I would so grateful for your support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My training is going very well and I currently averaging around 150km\/week. Definitely slower than 2017<\/a> but running these distances was unthinkable 3 years ago. I am excited about reconnecting with so many people in America who have supported me over the past 5 years \u2013 doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, emergency medical responders, state troopers, and the local community in the city of Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can follow my progress on Facebook<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nicholas J. Ashill,
Professor of Marketing,
School of Marketing and International Business, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand









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