#183: 12km every day for a whole year for male suicide awareness with men and boys champion Lewis Hackney

<p>Today&#39;s amazing guest is Lewis Hackney who has just finished a year long challenge to run 12km a day, every single day, a total of 4392km raising awareness of male suicide and raising money for male health and wellbeing charities.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Lewis is a trustee of the Association of Male Health and Wellbeing, a Men &amp; Boys Champion and co-leads The Foundry, working with boys aged 12–16 in schools. He also hosts the Truuman podcast and is founder of the Truuman platform.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>In this episode we talk about Lewis&#39;s background in running (or lack of it!), how he conceived the challenge and got through it and his own personal journey that has led him to work in the male wellbeing space.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>To get in touch with Lewis or donate to the causes he is supporting go to:</p><p>- Donate: ⁠<a href="https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lewis-hackney" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lewis-hackney⁠</a></p><p>- Instagram: ⁠<a href="https://www.instagram.com/lewishackney" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.instagram.com/lewishackney⁠</a></p><p>- LinkedIn: <a href="http://linkedin.com/in/lewishackney" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">⁠linkedin.com/in/lewishackney⁠</a></p><p>- Podcast: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1uSA5dnxAz9ouQlbM7BUlG" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://open.spotify.com/show/1uSA5dnxAz9ouQlbM7BUlG</a></p><p>- YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@lewishackney" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.youtube.com/@lewishackney</a></p>