Eight Marathons in Eight days across Ireland

Who knew a simple walk, that I did with a girlfriend every Thursday for the better part of two years, would one day take on a completely different narrative. On my way to meet her, I heard a very clear message to walk a marathon and donate the money.

It was one of those moments in time you don’t forget and can’t shake off, and in that moment, I knew. I would do the walk in Ireland and the donated money would go to the Music Industry. I had fallen in love with the Cliffs of Moher many years ago and I knew that’s where the walk must end. And music, we all need it, and we all need to share in supporting those that share their gift so freely with the world. Most people don’t realize that over 80 percent of musicians can’t support themselves with their music alone.

It happened within minutes. Within days, another friend, Corinne, said she wanted to walk with me and it grew from walking one marathon to walking eight marathons in eight days.

Funny thing is, I’m not a marathoner and neither is Corinne! I am an entrepreneur mother of two and Corinne was in the Vancouver Police Department and is a mother of one. We have lots of training to do and a project of this magnitude is truly a journey in itself.

We wanted this to be a global event, so we chose one charity that supports music globally. Alicia Keys has an incredible charity called SHE IS THE MUSIC, that offers support, mentoring, classes and more to women in music. We are so thrilled to be involved supporting her global organization. Additionally, we wanted to pay homage to Canada as that is where we live and will train as well as Ireland as that is where we will be walking. In Canada, we are supporting UNISON, an incredible charity that supports with various resources all musical people in Canada that have come up against hard times. We are still looking for a charity in Ireland that would like to be the third recipient, so please feel free to reach out if your organization needs support! We are happy to help.

We are planning a trip to Ireland in August 2023 to familiarize ourselves with the route and meet and greet, do interviews and events. The walk itself will take place June/ July 2024. There is an incredible team surrounding this event and we are fuelled with passion and excitement. Visit our website https://theydidittour. ca/ where you can follow along and watch the journey. Join our mail list so you can come along the experience with us. As well, we have a Facebook group called They Did It Tour. Please come join us. It’s been a beautiful experience to hear so many incredible stories, we are sure you must have at least one of your own!

If you go to the video on our crowdfunding page, you’ll hear exactly what I mean: https://gofund.me/cd95a6e3

We have created incredible opportunities for all sizes of businesses to participate. We have sponsorship spots available and, if you feel you would like to join the journey, we would be most pleased to connect.

We are so thrilled to be doing the walk in Ireland, the beautiful people, the heritage and sounds of music all over the country.

It won’t be easy, but it will most definitely be worth it.

We hope you come on in some capacity and join in our journey.

Reach out to us personally, Deborah Drummond

1.604.655.4698

Deb@debdrummond.com