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Radio Interview-talking self-funding & sponsorship

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Liz McTernan under Para-cycling

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On the train ‘Up North’ to Newcastle for the Great North Run Half Marathon! Being without a car for nearly a year has meant I am at least reducing my carbon footprint & helping the environment, but it has also curtailed my independence as a person with a disability due to the lack of rural transport. I’ve just learnt that because of new train rolling stock, travelling with my race chair by train in future will be impossible, due to lack of space...#climatechange #environment #travel #carbonfootprint #racing #racingwheelchair #gnr

Today is #WorldSCIDay I spent four months in Hospital after my #sci in 2005 & fellow patients came from all walks of life. Sci does not discriminate-it can happen to anyone, at any age, in an instant and there is no cure. It can be severe, as in Tetraplegia (Quadraplegia), affecting all four limbs, and possibly leaving the patient reliant on a Ventilator to breathe, to relatively ‘mild’ as in an incomplete injury where partial Paralysis occurs, which might enable the person affected to become a functional Walker. In Hospital there was a saying: ‘Tetras want to be Paras, Paras want to Walkers, Walkers want to be normal’ Whilst there is currently no cure, there are organisations that support people with #sci to get on with their lives & others that are actively researching @aspirecharity @rs_trust @backuptrust @regainsports @supportnsif @spinalresearch #sci #worldsciday #paralysis #paraysisresearch

Super excited to have @volaremadetofly as a wetsuit sponsor, thanks to @lmsid Professional Ironman Athlete for hooking us up! Finally able to test out my V2 wetsuit in open water today after cycling to lincolnshireaquapark.co.uk this morning. The water was 20 degrees C (lucky me-I hate cold 🥶 water) and the suit kept me lovely & buoyant in all the right places, but with great flexibility in my shoulders for arms-only swimming. I have a two mile swim at Swim Serpentine coming up in September for the Charity @childrenwithcanceruk so I’ll be getting some more open water practice with my lovely wetsuit! #volaremadetofly #whovolareswins #openwaterswimming #mablethorpe #lincolnshire

I’ve never worn an orange cycling top, but I love this one! Thank you @rs_trust for sending me the jersey! The Rooprai Spinal Trust raises funds to allow those with spinal cord injuries and resulting paralysis to access much needed activity based Physiotherapy, which can enable people to improve their quality of life & functionality as well as their Mental Health. They also support research in the fight to reverse Paralysis. It’s so important to be able to keep healthy with a spinal cord injury, to avoid all the complications that can result if this is neglected. Movement is life! Just off on the Handcycle 🤗 #spinalcordinjury #paralysisrecovery #physiotherapy #activity #movementislife #handcycling #HandcyclingTriathlete

It was such a gorgeous day this afternoon, so I decided to take my race bike out & blast around for a few hours. That was until I got a puncture! I wondered why my Watts were a little lower than normal, and put it down to the ferocious Southerly headwind, until I stopped to self-cath (pee)...20” tyres are officially a b***h to get off & once I’d changed the tube, it flatted again. Just as well I came prepared with spares, eh? 😝#handcycling #flat #tyre #schwalbe #HandcyclingTriathlete #triathlon #paratriathlon #lincolnshire

Nothing is more important to me than my family-no race, not training, not money, not possessions. Words can hardly describe the love I feel for my two children @becca_daniel901 @georgedaniel93 They have been my rock, my reason to get up in the morning, through all the many difficult times we have gone through in the past. Super proud of the wonderful empathetic people they have turned into. Excited to see them both in London this weekend. Love them more than... #motherhood #mother #children #sci #family #parent #disability #reeveseeus

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