Jelena Puhar

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GUYYYYSSS!! 🥹❤️ I DID IT!! 20KM IN UNDER 5 HOURS! 🎉🏅

I came alone but ended up finding an amazing walking companion who motivated me to keep going when my legs were begging me to stop! 😂❤️

One toilet break and one energy boost stop (🍻) later… WE MADE IT!

It was so much tougher than I expected. 36,000 steps later, I basically waddled across that finish line! By the time I got home, my feet were in so much pain I could barely stand. 😭😂

But I got my FIRST EVER MEDAL! 🏅 And more importantly, with the help of my amazing family, friends, students and their generous donations and my walking companion, I raised £655 for Mental Health UK! ❤️

Even after completing the walk, people are still donating! 🥹❤️ Every single donation means so much, and I’m incredibly grateful to everyone who has supported this cause.

Every step, every ache and every bit of sacrifice was worth it knowing that we’re helping support mental health services.

20KM DONE. £655 RAISED AND STILL COUNTING. FIRST MEDAL EARNED! 🏅❤️

Second target - ✅

💚 Another milestone reached!

Thanks to your incredible support, I’ve now raised over £400, which was my second fundraising target! 🥹

With less than two weeks to go until I take on the 20km GLOW Up London walk for Mental Health UK, I’m going to raise my target again and see how much more we can achieve together.

What means even more is that this shows people aren’t just supporting me — they’re also connecting with the cause and seeing themselves in it too. That makes this feel even more meaningful. 💚

Every donation, share and message really does mean a lot to me. Thank you for helping me turn this challenge into something that can make a real difference.

Let’s see how far we can take it! ✨

Thank you all

In less than 24 hours, with the incredible support of my donors, I’ve already reached my minimum fundraising target of £200! 💚

Seeing how quickly people have supported me has really motivated me to aim even higher.

On 10th October, I’ll be taking on a 20km walk to raise money for Mental Health UK — a cause that matters to me because mental health can affect anyone, at any stage of life, and for so many different reasons.

It can be affected by postnatal depression, anxiety and depression, trauma, the effects of war, losing loved ones, going through or recovering from health treatments, major life changes, loneliness and simply struggling to cope with what life throws at us.

Mental health isn’t always visible, and sometimes the people who look the strongest are carrying the heaviest burdens.

I’m incredibly grateful to everyone who has donated, shared my fundraiser or encouraged me so far. Every donation, no matter how small, helps me raise awareness and support an organisation working to improve mental health and wellbeing.

I’ve reached my first £200… now I’d love to see how much further we can take it together. 💚

Thank you for helping me make every step count. 🥰