28/04/2026
London marathon 2026: Luna Conroy 💜
There was a time when I lost everything.
Not just things, but direction, identity, purpose.
I hit a point where I did not recognise myself anymore.
Grief has a way of doing that. It does not just break your heart, it rearranges your entire world.
I hit rock bottom. And if I am being honest, I stayed there for a while.
Because when you lose something that big, someone that important, you do not just bounce back.
You question everything. You lose yourself.
But somewhere in that darkness, something shifted.
Not overnight. Not dramatically. Just a quiet, stubborn decision that I was not going to stay there forever.
And that is where this journey began.
The London Marathon was not just a race for me.
It became a path. A structure. A reason to get up when I did not want to. A way to move forward, physically and mentally, when everything inside me wanted to stand still.
Every mile became more than distance.
It became healing.
It became proof that I was still here, still capable, still fighting.
And I did not run it alone.
I carried Luna with me every single step.
She never got to walk this earth.
Her feet never touched the ground I ran on.
But she was there in every breath, every step, every moment I wanted to give up but did not.
She is my reason.
My strength.
My reminder that even in loss, there is still love. And that love does not disappear, it transforms.
I turned pain into power. Not perfectly. Not cleanly. But honestly.
Because that is what this is about. Not pretending you are okay, but choosing to keep going anyway.
Crossing that finish line was not just about completing a marathon. It was about finding myself again.
Not the person I was before, because that person is gone.
But someone stronger. Someone deeper. Someone who understands what it means to keep going when everything hurts.
So if you are struggling, if you feel lost, if life has knocked you down harder than you ever thought possible,
Just know this.
Even when life takes everything from you, it cannot take your next step, so take it, and let that be the beginning of finding yourself again.
Another day closer to getting you back in my arms 💜
