Carson Elliott

Angry run

Wednesday 20th May Lastnight was an angry run. Not the cinematic kind. Not the motivational montage kind. The real kind. The kind where life feels heavy, your mind is loud, your body hurts, and the only thing you can control is putting one foot in front of the other. 🌑🔴 With my daughter’s surgery tomorrow morning, stress has been high. A lot of things in life are currently testing me… so I took it out on the pavement around Langford Lake. And somehow… I set a new lifetime 5K PR. 7.22 KM completed. Fastest 5K I’ve ever run. Almost $2,000 raised. 40KM total on a congenital heart defect, mismatched lungs, and pure stubbornness. Tomorrow, I finish the final kilometres of the Million Reasons Run at the hospital where this entire journey began. 💙 Thank you to everyone supporting this mission, sharing posts, donating, and following along. Every single bit of support matters more than you know. #MillionReasonsRun #RunningThatHeals #CarsonsMillionReasons #ChildrensHospital #LangfordLake Share

Another late night around Langford Lake. 🌒💪🏻

Wednesday 13th May I’m still pretty surprised by tonight’s result. After the table saw injury to my left hand last week, I expected recovery runs for a while… but tonight turned into my fastest 5K yet. 6.65 km. 51:44 moving time. Another personal record. It’s funny how often the biggest barrier ends up being mental. Once I got moving, the rhythm came back. One more loop around the lake. One more step forward. One more reason to keep pushing for the kids. ❤️ #MillionReasonsRun #CarsonsMillionReasons #NightRun #LangfordLake #5KPR #RunForTheKids #ChildrensHospital #KeepMovingForward Share

First run post finger injury..

Tuesday 12th May First run since I injured my left middle finger on a table saw. 🩹🌒 Honestly, I was nervous heading out tonight. I kept expecting the pain to kick in, for my hand to start throbbing, or for me to turn back early. But step by step, the mental wall started breaking down. 6.57 km later, I finished stronger than I expected. 💪🏻 That’s something this journey keeps teaching me: sometimes the hardest part isn’t the injury, exhaustion, or distance… it’s convincing yourself to take the first step anyway. One more run. One more reason. For the kids. ❤️ #MillionReasonsRun #CarsonsMillionReasons #NightRun #RunForTheKids #ChildrensHospital #KeepMovingForward #LangfordLake #RunnerLife #MentalStrength Share

This is where it starts!

Monday 4th May Share

First official KMS

Sunday 3rd May First kms logged! 💪🏻 Share

👉 These are my lungs

Friday 1st May Not exactly standard issue. Less than 0.01% kind of rare. But I’ve been cleared to run… so I am. 50km. For the kids who need it most. #carsonsmillionreasons Share

👉 These are my lungs

Friday 1st May These are my lungs. Different. Not perfect. Still enough. 50km starts now. #carsonsmillionreasons Share

Last training run before Million Reasons May

Friday 1st May Fastest 5K yet… body’s starting to feel like a machine. Tomorrow it starts. 50km for the kids who need it most. #carsonsmillionreasons Share

Thank you so much!

Thursday 30th Apr Share

Another run in the books tonight.

Wednesday 29th Apr Something shifted. For the first time, my body didn’t fight me… it worked with me. I even had to slow myself down a few times just to stay in control. That might not mean much to some, but for me… with a rare congenital heart condition and mismatched lungs… it means everything. A few weeks ago, we almost lost our daughter. The only reason she’s here today is because of the doctors, and the equipment they had ready. Equipment that, I’ve learned, is largely funded by donations. So this is why I run. Every step, every late night, every push… it’s all for something bigger than me. If you’ve been following along, thank you. If you’ve supported already, it truly means more than I can put into words. And if you’re just seeing this now… I’d be grateful if you took a moment to check out the cause. We’re just getting started. 💪🏻 Share

Night run around the lake

Monday 27th Apr Another day, another run. 💪🏻 There’s something about the dark… No noise, no distractions… just me, my breath, and the rhythm of my feet hitting the ground. Each run feels a little stronger. A little smoother. A little more… dialed in. This isn’t just training anymore. It’s becoming something I look forward to. May is getting close. The Million Reasons Run is coming. I’ll be ready! Share

Another day, another run. 💪🏻

Saturday 25th Apr The lake was dark, quiet… just me, my footsteps, and the sound of everything inside me working together. Almost May now. Right now it’s just training… building discipline, learning my pace, listening to my body. But soon, this turns into something bigger. The Million Reasons Run becomes real. Every step out here in the dark is for something brighter. If you want to follow the journey or support the cause, hit the support button or share my story! Share

Power In the darkness

Wednesday 22nd Apr Worked late finishing something up… got home and realized I missed my Monday run. Could’ve called it. Didn’t. Laced up, threw on the new knee sleeves, and headed out into the dark. There’s something different about running a forest trail in near pitch black… No distractions. No noise. Just your breath, your footing, and whatever’s in your head. You’re forced into the moment. And somehow… it’s peaceful. 6.23km later, turns out it was my 2nd fastest 5K. Not chasing speed right now. Just showing up. Staying disciplined. Letting the body catch up to the mind. This run is part of something bigger. I’m pushing myself to see how much I can raise for kids who are still waiting for support they deserve. If you want to follow along, support, or just keep me accountable, it means more than you know. Hit the donate button or share my story! Share

Finding my groove

Saturday 18th Apr This one felt different. Mentally, it was a rough start. The kind of morning where everything in your head is telling you to skip it, push it off, or just not bother. But I went anyway. 5.04 km done. Fastest 5K I’ve ever run. And somewhere along the way… something clicked. For the first time, I didn’t feel like I was just getting through it. I felt like I could actually do this. Like I can finish the Million Reasons Run. That feeling hit me harder than the run itself. Because this was never really about distance or pace. It’s about what I’ve seen… what I’ve lived through… and how quickly things can change when everything isn’t working the way it should. My daughter made it home. Not every family gets that outcome. And that’s what keeps me showing up. Even on the days where it’s just my mind trying to hold me back. Because more kids deserve that second chance. If this resonates with you… 👉 Hit the donate button above and be part of giving more families that moment. Share

Fighting the mind

Wednesday 15th Apr Today wasn’t a physical battle… it was a mental one. Took everything just to get out the door. The kind of morning where your brain starts listing off reasons to skip it, delay it, do it later. But I went anyway. 3.72 km done. And once I got moving… my body felt like a machine. Ended up hitting my 2nd fastest 2 miles. It’s funny how that works. The hardest part isn’t always the run… sometimes it’s just starting. And I keep coming back to the same thing… how fast things can go sideways… and how much has to go right to bring someone back. I’ve seen it. I’ve lived it. My daughter made it home. Not every family gets that outcome. So even when it’s just my mind trying to stop me… I show up anyway. Because more kids deserve that second chance. 👉 If this resonates with you… hit the donate button above and be part of giving more kids that chance. Share

Feeling the weight

Monday 13th Apr Today was one of those runs. My body hated it. Legs were heavy, lungs were fighting me, and nothing felt smooth. It would’ve been easy to cut it short… but I didn’t. 3.28 km done. And somehow, even on a day that felt like that… I hit my fastest 2 miles ever. That’s when it really started to sink in. This isn’t just about getting out for a run anymore… I’m starting to feel the weight of why I’m doing this. I keep thinking about how fast things can go sideways… and how much has to go right to bring someone back. About the moments where everything is out of your hands… and you’re just hoping the system holds. My daughter made it home. Not every family gets that outcome. So even on the days where my body is fighting me… I keep showing up. Because more kids deserve that second chance... If this resonates with you… 👉 Hit the donate button above and be part of giving more kids that second chance Share

Why I’m running

Saturday 11th Apr

I shared a bit about why I started this a while back…

but after a few runs, early mornings, and days where my legs are fighting me…

I understand it differently now.

This run isn’t about distance.

It’s not about pace.

In simple terms… I’ve lived my life with one lung doing most of the work.

So when I say these runs are hard… I mean it.

But this isn’t really about me.

I’ve spent a lot of time around hospitals in my life.

I’ve seen how fast things can go wrong… and how much has to go right to bring someone back.

And recently… I had to watch my daughter go through something I couldn’t control.

I’m a chief power engineer. I fix things. I build things. I solve problems.

But in that moment… I was just a dad, standing there, hoping everything would work.

She made it home.

And that’s when it hit me…

not every family gets that outcome.

Not because people don’t care…

but because it takes funding, equipment, people, and systems all working together.

That’s what this run is about.

Every early morning… every run where my legs are fighting me… every step where it would be easier to stop…

I think about that.

So I keep going.

Because more kids deserve to make it home.

If this resonates with you, and you want to be part of that…

👉 You can support the mission on this page or help me out by sharing! 

#MillionReasonsRun

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Practice run #2

Sunday 5th Apr Share

First practice!

Sunday 29th Mar Share

Why I’m running

Friday 20th Mar

I was born with a rare congenital condition affecting my heart and lungs.

In simple terms, I’ve lived my life with one lung doing most of the work, and the other not quite keeping up.

It’s shaped how I see health, risk, and what it means to get a second chance.

Over the years, I’ve watched people close to me face serious medical challenges. Some made it through. Some didn’t.

And recently, my daughter’s life was saved by medical technology and the people behind it.

That moment changed something in me.

So when I say I have a million reasons to run, I mean it.

This isn’t abstract.

This is personal.

I’m running for the systems, the innovation, and the moments that give families more time.

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