Money raised by the events will go to charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) which is dedicated to preventing male suicide and Papyrus, which is focused on preventing suicide among young people.
“It’s such an important cause, suicide affects so many people. I’ve been blown away by the support already,” Joe said.
“Hopefully fewer families, communities and groups of friends have to go through this in the future.”
Reflecting on his friendship with Dan, Joe said “We’d go on holidays together as a gang of mates and he’d come on holiday with my family and I went with his.”
As to what Dan would have made of his running efforts, Joe joked: “He’d have thought I was mad. I hope he’d be proud too.
“He loved his music, he was an amazing drummer, he’d probably put me a decent playlist together.”