Karl Donnan
131 miles in how long?
Fundraising for The Children's Trust
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Thanks to everyone who sponsored us and entered the sweepstake. The official times are:
Rossco 3h55m11
Bungee 3h58m13
Graham 4h33m07
Potters 4h39m49
Karl 4h57m21
so the total is 22h3m41 and the winner of the sweepstake is Tony Bancwicz.
Thanks to everyone who entered. And thanks to everyone who sponsored us and supported us on the day - in total we've raised over £25k for 2 great charities. Thanks!
Karl
Win 2 tickets to the 2010 Heineken Cup Final, plus hotel accommodation!!!
On 25th April 2010, myself and 4 equally unfit friends will be attempting to complete the London Marathon in order to raise money for 2 great charities; The Children's Trust and The National Society for Epilepsy. We're running as Team Ross, inspired by my son Ross who was born in May 2008 suffering from a severe and rare form of epilepsy. Whilst his seizures have been under control for many months, Ross's brain activity is not normal and as such his mental development has so far been very limited. See our main fundraising pages www.justgiving.com/ross2010 and www.justgiving.com/ross2010epilepsy for more details.
In order to boost our fundraising we're offering you the chance to win 2 tickets to the 2010 Heineken Cup Final and a premium double/twin hotel room including breakfast for 2 nights, 21st & 22nd May, at the Marriott Courtyard Colombes http://www.courtyardcolombes.fr/ (travel not included) in our "131 miles in how long?" sweepstake. All you have to do is click on the "Donate" button below, donate £5.00 for each entry you want into the sweepstake, ensure you enter an email address we can contact you on in the event that you win, and in the message box enter your guess for what will be the cumulative time it will take the 5 of us to finish the marathon (please use hh/mm/ss format).
The final is to be held in Stade de France in Paris at 6pm on Saturday 22nd May (note - the prize is for match tickets and hotel only; the winner must fund their own travel). You can enter as often as you like; if you wish to enter 5 times, just donate £25 and enter 5 guesses in the message box. Note - you will not be receiving a ticket, product or service for this donation so we should be able to benefit from Gift Aid.
To help you guess something in the right ball-park, each of us have summarised our expected state of fitness and estimated finish time below. In the event of one of use not being able to run through injury, our estimated times below will be used.
Bungee - keen to finish anywhere between Big Bird and Captain Caveman but definitely ahead of the rhino. ETA from me is 3h45m
Rosco - so long as I beat Jimmy Saville I’ll be happy. Aiming for 3h50m.
Cruden - how did I get roped into this? Booze is a terrible thing. As long as I beat Potts, Karlos and Sophy I’ll be delighted. 4h26m.....
Potters - aim to be breathing down Karlos's neck with 300m to go and see his face when he realises a front rower might beat him. Personal Best is 4h27m...
Karlos - suffering from lack of time for training and a lack of sleep, but have some lovely new running gear with go-faster stripes. Will be happy just to finish, but aiming for 4h30m. Or anytime better than Potter's...
Following the race we will add up our official finish times and the person who has guessed closest wins - simple.
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Please enter now and pass on this link (www.justgiving.com/131milesinhowlong) to anyone you know who may be interested in winning 2 very sought after tickets for a mere £5.
Good luck and thanks for contributing!!!
Karl
Entries so far...
Grant Power 16:59:00 Caroline Sweetman 17:15:00 Sara Walker 17:51:03 Grant Power 17:59:00 Grant Power 18:59:00 Claire Mathieson 19:03:41 Natalie Low 19:10:00 Beth Clarkson 19:14:11 Grant Power 19:19:00 Liz Wheeldon 19:19:19 Grant Power 19:29:00 Grant Power 19:29:00 Simon Harrison 19:30:00 Ally McKinnon 19:30:15 Anna Clarkson 19:37:24 Gerry O'Neill 19:38:00 Keith Burdon 19:38:23 Grant Power 19:39:00 Jeremy Hall 19:43:17 Stephen Ching 19:44:44 Dan Robinson 19:45:00 Jamie McLeod 19:46:00 Aileen Hughes 19:47:55 Ruth Crawford 19:48:38 Grant Power 19:49:00 Iain Donachie 19:50:30 Sarah Lewis 19:53:00 Kit Ebben 19:54:00 Kit Ebben 19:55:00 Hugh Duff 19:57:28 Grant Power 19:58:00 Grant Power 19:59:00 Chris Firmin 19:59:07 Brian Tate 20:00:00 Donald McKerrigan 20:00:01 Millar Mathieson 20:01:33 Kit Ebben 20:04:00 Donald Phillips 20:04:10 Claire Sexton 20:05:30 Grant Power 20:09:00 Jon Bell 20:10:00 Graham Martin 20:10:01 Sally Stewart 20:11:03 Sally McLardy 20:12:07 Ian Cormack 20:13:58 Iain Macrae 20:15:00 Andrew Keith 20:15:00 Kit Ebben 20:16:30 Simon Harrison 20:18:00 Kristian Bandy 20:18:17 Richard Sloss 20:18:32 Sarndra Arnott 20:19:18 Kenny Bain 20:19:25 Kristian Bandy 20:19:29 Dougie Scott 20:20:00 Nicola Gallen 20:20:07 Liz Wheeldon 20:20:14 Kristian Bandy 20:20:19 Andrew Nussey 20:20:20 Iain Sangster 20:20:21 Iain Donachie 20:20:30 Donald Phillips 20:20:58 Kristian Bandy 20:21:35 Kyle Fortune 20:22:22 Amanda Littlecott 20:26:00 Kit Ebben 20:27:00 Grant Power 20:29:00 Dougie Scott 20:30:00 Simon Downes 20:30:01 Helen Webb 20:30:20 Susan Knight 20:30:21 Keith Burdon 20:30:27 Iain Donachie 20:35:30 Kit Ebben 20:36:00 Finlay Arnott 20:36:12 Michael Crawford 20:38:07 Tim Sanders 20:39:39 Dougie Scott 20:40:00 Daniel Abercrombie 20:41:33 Simon Harrison 20:43:00 Tom Brookes 20:45:01 Vicki Ching 20:45:02 Kyle Fortune 20:45:05 Mark Orr 20:45:10 Keith Burdon 20:45:15 Louisa Johnson 20:48:15 Dougie Scott 20:50:00 Paul Sexton 20:52:18 Andrew Kelly 20:56:20 Clair Donnan 20:58:01 Louisa Johnston 20:58:22 Grant Power 20:59:00 Jenni Ebben 20:59:23 Niall McCallum 21:00:00 Iain Donachie 21:01:00 Nia Pirotte 21:02:00 Val Robinson 21:02:35 Emma Harrison 21:05:00 Louise Esselmont 21:08:00 Brian White 21:10:04 Keith Burdon 21:10:10 Caroline Sweetman 21:15:00 Kirsty Bain 21:17:07 David Stevenson 21:17:23 Veronique 21:20:01 W J Rennie 21:21:11 Liz Wheeldon 21:21:21 Andrew Keith 21:25:00 Amanda Littlecott 21:27:00 Richard Walker 21:29:00 Morag Tate 21:32:00 Fay Bancewicz 21:37:37 William Donnan 21:39:11 Gavin Jago 21:40:00 Bob Tait 21:42:09 Richard Walker 21:44:00 Will Knight 21:45:21 Jonny Walker 21:45:30 Jon Bell 21:50:00 Duncan Stewart 21:50:02 Paul Hughes 21:52:26 Grant Power 21:59:00 Grant Power 21:59:00 Gavin Jago 22:00:00 Richard Walker 22:01:00 Tony Bancewicz 22:02:59 Lynsey Fielden 22:05:53 Dave Reedie 22:07:14 Brian White 22:10:04 Richard Walker 22:14:00 Stewart Hay 22:16:17 Liz Wheeldon 22:22:22 Amanda Littlecott 22:26:00 Grant Power 22:29:00 Richard Walker 22:29:00 Margaret Arnott 22:30:10 Steve Richardson 22:35:00 Kenny Watson 22:38:51 Grant Power 22:39:00 Duncan Webb 22:42:31 Tom Brookes 22:45:01 Derek Arnott 22:45:50 Grant Power 22:49:00 Grant Power 22:59:00 Claire McCallum 23:00:00 Claire Hannah 23:00:03 Shiela Park 23:01:02 Nia Pirotte 23:02:01 Grant Power 23:09:00 Gordon Roberts 23:10:20 Kenny Watson 23:17:17 Lynne Doherty 23:18:43 Bruce MacDonald 23:23:23 Steve Cott 23:23:23 Amanda Littlecott 23:26:00 Elizabeth Rennie 23:29:05 Meg Faragher 24:00:00 Richard Sloss 24:00:01 Kenny Watson 24:15:02 Deidre O'Brien 24:17:00 Leanne Donnan 24:49:11 Bruce MacDonald 25:00:02 Kelly Williams 25:30:00 Deidre O'Brien 25:38:00 Nigel Barker 26:07:00 Ernest Asensio 26:15:00 Shay Leonard 26:20:00 Robin Park 26:26:26 Deidre O'Brien 26:38:00 Kenny Watson 27:01:03 Deidre O'Brien 27:47:00 Deidre O'Brien 28:16:00 Deidre O'Brien 29:05:00 Maria Tait 30:26:00 Deidre O'Brien 30:45:00 Shay Leonard 30:50:00 Shay Leonard 31:20:00 Deidre O'Brien 32:05:00 Shay Leonard 32:30:00