Welcome to Kevin's Blogs
Kev has been writing about living with inoperable prostate cancer for a few years now and whilst it is obviously very important to Kev, running is only a part of the story. His blogs evolved from emails he would write to communicate with his friends/colleagues/supporters en masse and they have since evolved in complexity and scope. Here we have put them into blog form, the most recent at the top so scoll down for the ones dating back to the start. They give an incredible insight into this kind of experience and how we can all move forward from such a traumatic and devastating moment.
Below is his first 'blog', from November 2014, which was actually an email to his colleagues at the bank not long after his diagnosis. It's powerful and sobering to say the least reading something back which was written right there and then in the middle of the maelstrom.
Kev's 1st 'blog' : confirmation of the diagnosis
Hi Guys
I am afraid it could not have been much worse.
I have Metastatic Prostate Cancer (I am in esteemed company as that is what Alvin Stardust had), I will leave you to Google it but there is no cure and they can only try to stop it for a while or slow it down, bit of a bummer.
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Saturday, 24 March 2018 11:57
Kevin Webber survives Freezing in the Arctic! (blog #27)
Written by Kevin Webber
Hi Everyone I composed this on the plane back from Canada, so much has happened since I last wrote, sorry its so long but even this is abridged of the many stories that happened along the way. Three weeks ago I was panicking about my kit choices, food, general prep for the Arctic and was seeing my Dad every day in hospital as he had been there for a few weeks. I knew inside myself that all was not well with my father and unusually felt compelled on my last day in the UK to actually tell him that I…
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Thursday, 01 March 2018 13:10
One or maybe no more sleeps before the Arctic (blog #26)
Written by Kevin Webber
Hi Everyone, I hope that you have been enjoying the snow in the UK, it made me realise just how cold it is going to be for me over the next few weeks, I am starting to wonder why I ever signed up for the race, maybe I wont sleep until I am there! It has been a full on month with an appearance on BBC Radio 2 last Sunday, being interviewed for the first ever Runners World podcast and being in the April printed issue of Runners World out today. My regular weekly column in the Sunday Mirror seems…
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Hi All Hope January was a great month for you? For me every year starts as a new beginning, what has gone before has gone so its all about hope and expectation for this year to bring better than before, something that I found hard to believe at the start of 2015, 2016 and 2017 but this year is different. Why the difference? I guess that my reality has sunk in now and the joy of what I can try to do rather than what I may not be able to fills my head.
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Wednesday, 03 January 2018 00:26
64 days until my bits are frozen off!! (blog #24)
Written by Kevin Webber
Hi Everyone, a happy New Year to you all. Breathe and smile, today was the monthly blood results day and they have gone back to the joint best ever of 0.11, always great to hear (for me anyway!) and means that I have another month. I was thinking about an analogy for how I feel in life, I guess it’s a bit like if I was a footballer whose team is 3-0 down and are in the 93rd minute .Yes the game is probably lost but I don’t know how many more minutes the ref will give us, I was…
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Thursday, 07 December 2017 00:12
Websites, film-makers & musicians (blog #23)
Written by Kevin Webber
Hi All Its been two months since I last wrote and was hoping to tell you tales of long training runs and completion of a 3 day 90 mile training race but sadly that is not the case. Going back to my September race in Iceland, you may recall that I smashed up my left leg a lot on the rough terrain and then ran a marathon a month later when I should have been resting. Well the leg is still not behaving. It is nearly there to be fair but the balance of rest and staying fit is a…
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Hi Everyone Today I launch my new challenge for 2018, I hope that after reading this you will see that I am yet again attempting to push myself harder than ever before and hope that you will support me as you have before in any way you feel able. It’s a couple of weeks shy of 3 years ago when I had that fateful meeting with the Doc who told me that I may only live for 2 years. Since that time I know of others in my situation that did not even make 6 months and others who have…
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Monday, 25 September 2017 21:30
The End of a THOUSAND mile journey! (blog #21)
Written by Kevin Webber
Dear All Apologies today for this will be a long update being the end of my 1,000 mile journey but I do hope that you enjoy the read? So last time I was about to set off to Iceland for my final “big race”, Fire and Ice. It did not disappoint in being a tough one, not mentally or with heat like the MDS but tough in a gnarly and uncomfortable way. I guess at no time did it feel as hard as the desert race and I never felt like giving up but it was a race of contrasts…
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Hi all, sorry its been so long (relief from you no doubt!) but I wanted to get today out of the way first. When I left you last time I was about to embark on Al Andalus, 230k race in Spain. It was billed as being tough and my word was it. There is something about me and racing in Spain that does not bode well as my previous only ever DNF (Did not Finish) was there last year as a similar time. The race was small but like many things that way, beautiful and perfectly formed. There was only…
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Hi All Welcome to another long read! Lets get the bad news out of the way first………………….………..I still have not won the lottery, that’s it, nothing else bad in this update so breathe easy (like I am ;-)! A busy month was June, the big one in terms of miles was joining Jeff Stelling (and 500 others) for his 15 marathons in 15 days in the Prostate Cancer UK March for Men although only 3 of us were aiming to do all 15 including Jeff.
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Hi Everyone Back so soon I hear you all sigh! Well its been an eventful month so thought an update now would be appropriate as I pack my things to start on my next adventure. Where to start is always a dilemma for me but I am delighted to say that this read is generally good news so no need for any tissues today!
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Thursday, 27 April 2017 00:14
The MDS was simply Magical - back to REALITY! (blog #17)
Written by Kevin Webber
Hi Everyone So two weeks back from the Sahara and am starting to return to reality. Firstly, I would like to thank again everyone who has sponsored me to date and all those who sent me emails both here and whilst in the desert. It was a massive boost for me every night to get those in the tent and genuinely helped build my resolve to put my shoes back on blistered feet again the next morning and do it all over.
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Wednesday, 05 April 2017 00:00
Off to The Sahara - Scared & Excited in equal measure (blog #16)
Written by Kevin Webber
Dear All So I am off to the Sahara on Friday, (2 more sleeps very excited and scared in equal measure), thank you for your support to date. I will never be able to thank you enough for the kindness you have give me mentally or physically over the last two years and if you have also been able to support Prostate Cancer UK in that time thank you even more, the money is making a difference.
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