Runners

022 RUNNERSWORLD.CO.UK JULY 2018RUNNING THE LENGTH OF BRITAIN p27 RUN AND RHYME p31HUMAN RACENEWS, VIEWS, TRENDS and ORDINARY RUNNERS doing EXTRAORDINARY THINGSRUNNING TOREMEMBERMeet the man running 2,000miles in memory of his son``````‘THE PAIN OF RUNNING a race is nothingcompared with the pain of losing a child’, saysLewis Keywood, ‘but it’s my way of honouring myson’s memory.’ This year, that’s exactly what the30-year-old is doing, by running 2,000 miles for thebaby charity Tommy’s. Lewis knows firsthand thesupport that Tommy’s provides. In 2010, he and histhen-wife lost their son, Yolki – he was stillbornfive months into the pregnancy – and Tommy’sprovided much-needed counselling and support.While Lewis describes the experience of losinghis son as ‘the lowest of low points’, the tragedy