Max reflects on how purposeful movement supports mental wellbeing while helping raise funds for Duchenne families. She shares simple, realistic ways to get active, boost your mood, and make a positive difference at your own pace.

On a summer’s afternoon, lost in depression, a father imagines his son Theodor soaring through clouds like a superhero. The vision pulls him from despair, reminding him of Theodor’s fierce intelligence, courage, and defiance in the face of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In his son’s gaze, he finds strength and hope, carried aloft by love. Theodor whispers the simple truth that restores him: “All will be ok, Daddy, all will be ok.”

Dan is running three marathons (in Paris, Stockholm, and Cannes), along with several half-marathons and 10k events, to raise awareness and funds for Harrison’s Fund, the UK’s first charity specifically focused on the mental health needs of families affected by Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).