Ben Chandler

My Progress

I'm walking 50 kms this May to leave MS behind

My Progress

0 KMS

My target

50 KMS

My Updates

Support my 50k in 1 day challenge

During lockdown, my mum was diagnosed with MS leaving my 12 year old self extremely worried. Luckily, overtime ive grew to understand the condition and how it affects my mum. 

However ive always struggled to reason with the lack of cure especially with modern developments in human biology and the rapid improvements. So rather than sitting doing nothing to help, i will be doing this sponsored walk hoping that the money raised by all of may 50k may make a difference. 


MS is an autoimmune condition where the immune system is constantly attacking the nervous system, fatiguing muscles and possibly later disabling them. There is no found cure but is treatable. However the symptoms of MS are hard to neutralise even with treatment. Someone with MS commonly struggles with day to day life. I have seen firsthand the large fatigue from the chronic disease with my mums often requirement for a mid day nap and sometime inability to walk up stairs from complete lack of energy


To encourage donations, i am setting 2 milestones. As the first milestone: once donations reach £1,000, I will walk another 50km after gcse season. The second milestone is £3,000 and if that is reached i will increase the 2nd challenge to 100km in 2 consecutive days. 


Although i have set a specific date, i cannot guarantee i am able to do the walk on that date specifically due to it being situated in the middle of gcse season. If i am unable to complete the walk on 23rd of May, i will be postponing it to Thursday the 18th of June however this is very unlikely. If the milestones are reached, they will be held the week after, on Monday the 22nd and Tuesday the 23rd of June. 


Thank you