Hey guys.
I have managed to snag a place with my charity to run in the London Marathon 2014. It has been a life long goal of mine to run in the marathon so I am humbled and grateful that they have given me the chance to do one of my personal goals.
The charity I raise money for is RAFT, they are a charity that fund research and help people with skin cancers, burns, amputations and any other skin abnormalities. I raised money for them for 'Movember' as well. This is the website if anybody wants to read up more on what they do.
http://www.raft.ac.uk/
Basically what I plan to do is the same as Chris last year. I am going to hold a comp for all to guess what time I will finish in. I am hoping to get a few prizes put together in return for sponsorship. I need to raise £2500 so all your help will be much appreciated. I will update this thread nearer the time with prize's up for offer and an update of how my running is going to hopefully give you an idea of the time I might be able to run the marathon in.
PRIZES FOR COMPETITION
I think I will open the comp in the new year but to get as many peoples interest as possible I will put up picture's of prize's as and when I get them. So first up, we have a fantastic painting by Martin, one of three that will be up.
So far I am up to 8.2 miles with no stopping. That is taking me around 1hr 20 minutes at the moment. I haven't run for over a year and am a bit of a lard arse so I am pleased with my progress so far. When I first ran 9 weeks ago I ran just over a mile with 3 stops!!!!!
Please, help me as much as you can, even if it is only a few £'s. It all adds up. This is my just giving page.
http://www.justgiving.com/Chris-Mann2
Cheers everyone
Chris
I have managed to snag a place with my charity to run in the London Marathon 2014. It has been a life long goal of mine to run in the marathon so I am humbled and grateful that they have given me the chance to do one of my personal goals.
The charity I raise money for is RAFT, they are a charity that fund research and help people with skin cancers, burns, amputations and any other skin abnormalities. I raised money for them for 'Movember' as well. This is the website if anybody wants to read up more on what they do.
http://www.raft.ac.uk/
Basically what I plan to do is the same as Chris last year. I am going to hold a comp for all to guess what time I will finish in. I am hoping to get a few prizes put together in return for sponsorship. I need to raise £2500 so all your help will be much appreciated. I will update this thread nearer the time with prize's up for offer and an update of how my running is going to hopefully give you an idea of the time I might be able to run the marathon in.
PRIZES FOR COMPETITION
I think I will open the comp in the new year but to get as many peoples interest as possible I will put up picture's of prize's as and when I get them. So first up, we have a fantastic painting by Martin, one of three that will be up.
So far I am up to 8.2 miles with no stopping. That is taking me around 1hr 20 minutes at the moment. I haven't run for over a year and am a bit of a lard arse so I am pleased with my progress so far. When I first ran 9 weeks ago I ran just over a mile with 3 stops!!!!!
Please, help me as much as you can, even if it is only a few £'s. It all adds up. This is my just giving page.
http://www.justgiving.com/Chris-Mann2
Cheers everyone
Chris