110 for CALM

Running for everyone who is
struggling to talk
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John and Ellen are taking on a 110km multi-day ultra through the Kenyan game reserves in May 2027. They are not professional athletes — just two people who believe that a difficult physical challenge can be turned into something meaningful for others.
CALM (the Campaign Against Living Miserably) is a leading suicide prevention charity in the UK. It runs a life-saving helpline and webchat service, and campaigns to make talking about mental health a normal part of everyday life.
Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45 and young women aged 16-24 in the UK. CALM exists to change that — by offering support, by challenging stigma, and by showing people that things can get better.
Ellen is also publishing a book that explores the very issues CALM works to address: isolation, despair, and the difficulty of asking for help. The run and the book are two sides of the same conversation — turning hard experiences into a reason for someone else to keep going.
This run is not about a medal. It is about turning a personal challenge into something useful: money for a service that answers the phone when someone feels they have nowhere else to turn.