He ‘walked really briskly’ for the London Marathon this time, Ceri continued, and before he left, he posted a message on social
media asking anyone who had a kid with cancer or who had lost a child to the disease to leave their name, which he would then place on the backpack.
Finally, he’managed to put 450 names of children on the bag and brought them all with me’, including Hugh’s name in the boy’s own handwriting.
The father talked about the emotional toll of doing all of this in addition to the physical toll of what ended up being a steamy April Sunday in London.
“People say ‘go on, Hugh’ as you pass,” he remarked. The fact that I know he’s there with me, doing it on my shoulder and in my head, makes you cry.
“I started crying when I spotted the finish line in the final 50 meters. I started crying a little because you get so
Emotional as you’re walking around doing it, and it just got overwhelming when I reached the finish line. David, my friend who was walking with me, and I just hugged 50 meters
before the finish line.
