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Races for 10 x 10 in 10

31st January 2010 : Meltham 10k - Completed in 1hr 1min 47secs

21st February 2010 : Trafford 10k - Postponed due to bad weather

7th March 2010 : Trafford 10k - Completed in 52min 45secs (a new PB)

24th April 2010 : Broughton Estate 10k - No Time Recorded - VOID

4th July 2010 : Jane Tomlinsons Leeds 10k - Completed in 55min 38sec

18th July 2010 : Sherwood Pines Forest Trail 10k

25th July 2010 : Pudsey 10k

 

Updates

15Nov09 : 1st race for 2010 entered.

21Nov09 : Registered for the Meltham 10k.

23Nov09 : Registered for the Sherwood Pines Forest Trail 10k

27Nov09 : Revistered for the Tamworth Gate Gallop 10k

31Jan10 : Completed the Meltham 10k in 1hr 1min 47secs.

01Feb10 : Registered for the BUPA London 10k

03Feb10 : Registered for the Trafford 10k

21Feb10 : Trafford 10k postponed until 7th March due to bad weather.

07Mar10 : Completed the Trafford 10k in 52:45.  A new PB.

23Apr10 : Realised today that I have the Broughton Estate 10k to run tomorrow.

24Apr10 : Poor planning meant that c50% of runners failed to complete the 10k course due to getting lost (no markers).

04Jul10 : Completed the Jane Tomlinsons Leeds 10k in 55:38.  A good run but very busy and lots of congestion.

 

My Story

In April 2009, I was working away from home and living 'the hotel life' for a few weeks.  Needless to say, the food and drink took it's toll and one day a pain in my chest scared me into visiting A&E.  Thankfully this time it was just a terrible bout of indigestion.  This shocked me into realising that my fitness levels were poor, and made me think more about what I was eating and drinking and also sparked an interest in keeping fit and losing a few pounds.

Then in May 2009, I took part in a charity relay race, and after running just 6 laps of a 400m track I realised that at 31 years old, my fitness was worse than I first thought.  That was it for me, I was ashamed of myself and with a wife and little girl as well as one on the way, I knew that if only for them I needed to become healthier and fitter.

Thats when my fitness rageme kicked in with regular running, cycling to work, circuit training and swimming, all resulting I a weight loss of 1 stone and an ability to run 10k, non stop in under 1hr.

With 2010 fast approaching, and wanting to continue to improve, I have chalenged myself to compete and complete 10, 10km races in 2010 but I didn;t want to do it just for me and my family so I have chosen (after lots of debate) to raise funds for the Downs Syndrome Association who have been a great help to my friends whose son (and my god son), Joshua has Downs.

So here goes.  I'll be updating my page to detail which races I'll be competing in and whilst my quest is to complete 10 races, I have a second quest to complete the last 10km race in under 50 minutes and a third quest to run in the Cardiff Half Marathon in October 2010.

Wish me luck and thanks for reading.

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Go for it mate Donation by Mike Wilson on 18/07/10

 
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Thanks to Tracey Schofield for her £5 donation. Donation by RH oc/o Tracey Schofield on 06/07/10

 
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Big thanks to my mate (and boss) Mike Serbrock for his super £10 donation. Donation by RH c/o Mike Serbrock on 03/07/10

 
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Donation by Ben Cain on 30/06/10

 
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Good luck Richard in all your future fundraising & keep on running you are a real inspiration Love from Linda & Spang XXX Donation by Ian & Linda Langley on 30/06/10

 
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Donation by yvonne dudhill on 30/06/10

 
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Well done Richard for your past races and good luck for your future ones. Love from Emma, Jason, Penny and Jessica x Donation by emma broad on 02/05/10

 
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Keep it up! Donation by Tina jones on 13/04/10

 
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Good luck and much respect for what you are doing, Rachel. Donation by Rachel Randles on 03/04/10

 
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Best of luck, Richard Donation by Cha Patel on 25/03/10

 
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Thanks to 0161Helen for donating the postage from a recent ebay transaction. I hand delivered the item whilst on my way home from the Trafford 10k. Donation by Richard Holgate on 09/03/10

 
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Donation by Dave Bennett on 19/02/10

 
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Hope you do t in the time you want! Good luck Donation by James Elstub on 18/02/10

 
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Cheers Buddy, don't need any luck we know you can do it, Just wish I could Join You. Donation by Chris Ecclestone on 31/01/10

 
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Go for it Rich! What a cracking idea! Donation by Sarah Garraway on 24/01/10

 
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Good luck Richard. Donation by Kuljinder Suri on 10/12/09

 
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Good luck mate, great idea! x Donation by Jonathan Marsden on 26/11/09

 
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Go Bro! x Donation by Rebecca Holgate on 25/11/09

 
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