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26 March 2012 - I am pleased to say that I have completed 1,101km in the last 12 months and achieved a massive personal best time of under 49 minutes for a 10k race yesterday.  Even more brilliant is that I have gone through the £1,500 fundraising mark.

There are a few people still wanting to sponsor me so I'll wrap up the grand total in one month's time!

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26 February 2012 - As I complete my eleventh month of running I've reached a million metres, or 1,000km.  I'm now pushing to reach 1,100km by the end of the challenge on March 25th at the Carterton 10k.  Please give generously to help me achieve the revised fundraising target of £1,100.

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11 December 2011 - this morning I completed my 800th kilometre and raised my 813th pound - that's 3 months & 16 days ahead of schedule, so now my sights move to £1000 and 1000km, or as I like to refer to it: one million metres!

Remember - every pound I raise will be doubled by my company!

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My company, the Stewart Milne Group, has selected Maggie's Cancer Centres as their charity of the year and, as a charity close to my heart, I have set myself a personal challenge to help with the fundraising.

 

I have run on and off for a few years having completed the Great North Run and some 10k races but never really kept going in between so I have set myself the goal of covering 800km in a year - the distance between Maggie's Oxford (my local centre) and Maggie's Aberdeen (the centre local to my company's head office) - via road races, training and the treadmill.

 

My initial target is to raise £800 - £1 for every kilometre of the journey. And as part of our company fundraising every pound I raise will be doubled by Stewart Milne, so please be as generous as you can.

 

Any donation you can make is gratefully received and appreciated by myself and Maggie's.

 

I'll drop updates here but for more regular updates please follow me on twitter: @running_dan_w or check out my blog here

 

13 June 2011 - I have now covered 25% of my challenge distance: 201 of the 800km!

 

01 June 2011 - found another way to motivate me to cover the distance: Juneathon, a challenge to run (or exercise) every day in June

 

27 May 2011 - 133/800km covered

 

19 May 2011 - with the help of 3 long runs in Central Park whilst on holiday (I have a very understanding wife!) I've reached 110/800km (that means I'd just be leaving the M42 to join the M6 at Birmingham)

 

27 April 2011 - 53/800km covered (that would put me just north of Banbury on the M40!)

 

27 March 2011 - the challenge begins with the Carterton 10k

 

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My Teams

My company

Stewart Milne
Stewart Milne

My charity

Maggie's Centres

Maggie's Centres

Charity Registration No. SC024414

People with cancer need places like these. Located in the grounds of major NHS cancer hospitals, Maggie's Centres are places that can give the extra emotional, practical and social support that people with cancer need. Please visit www.maggiescentres.org for more information.

Donations 78

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Keep going Dan, nearly there. Very impressed with your progress this year. We all want a big PB in March.

Donation by Pat Hudson on 24/01/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Congratulations on all the miles run and all the money raised so far for Maggies. All the very best xx

Donation by Suzy Imeson on 23/12/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Well done Dan, a great effort. Keep going towards that £1,000 target :)

Donation by Ian Lewis on 20/12/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Great work, from @dunsrunner aka johnny

Donation by Johnny Logan on 12/12/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Well done on putting smelly socks on to reach your goal ;) very worthy charity, well done Dan :) x

Donation by Sandra McDougall on 11/12/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

I guess you're past Stonehaven now. As promised, the rest of your 5p per km. Congratulations buddy!!

Donation by Kirsty Livingstone on 08/12/11

£18.00

+ £4.50 Gift Aid

Good luck with it all. Don't let the winter put you off to much with the running.

Donation by Mark Jacobs on 08/12/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Well done Dan, a great achievement so far, good luck with the remaining km's !

Donation by Michael Milne on 07/12/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Well done Dan, keep going, it looks like you are almost there. Wish we had your energy, stamina and determination.

Donation by love from Mav & Jim xx on 05/11/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Just to be sure you don't catch up with your fundraising total too quickly! So proud of what you've achieved so far. xxx

Donation by Tamsyn on 20/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Well done! Almost there :)

Donation by Alma on 16/10/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

To keep the totals moving ...

Donation by Lyn Wymer on 16/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Good luck Dan, not too far to go now.

Donation by Lyle Smith on 15/09/11

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

Good luck Dan! Thanks again for making a trip out to cheer David part of your programme!

Donation by Sam Harris on 08/09/11

£12.00

+ £3.00 Gift Aid

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Keep going Dan. Just a little starter from us.

Donation by John and Robyn on 22/08/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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5p per mile - huge congratulations on crossing into God's country (haha). Just to keep you going, the rest will arrive with you in Aberdeen! x

Donation by Kirsty Livingstone on 15/08/11

£22.00

+ £5.50 Gift Aid

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For all the blogs and commitment to Juneathon £1 for every day. Great way to raise money. Will continue follow the rest of your challenge.

Donation by katie thompson on 23/07/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Go Dan go!

Donation by Alma on 12/07/11

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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Good luck with this and well done for being our 20,000th follower from www.information-britain.co.uk @inbritain on twitter

Donation by nick barton on 04/07/11

£100.00

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Well done Dan! Some monies now for Juneathon and then a little more later when you complete your next milestone. Great work x

Donation by Sarah Hayton on 26/06/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Go for it Dan. Hope you make your target. Enjoying the blog. Whilst theoretically near Crewe why not theoretically call in on the Hudsons?

Donation by Lyn Imeson on 14/06/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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A great cause and I wish you the best of luck on the remaining miles. When do we start a seperate fund for a new pair of running shoes for you?!

Donation by Robbie Duff on 14/06/11

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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Good luck Dan, its a really great thing you're doing.

Donation by Roz Whalley on 14/06/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Best of luck Dan.

Donation by Carol Wilson on 04/06/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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I'm with you all the way Dan. In mind only, my body couldn't cope! You're a star.

Donation by Eric Imeson on 02/06/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$2,447.31
  • Offline donations$655.66
  • Text donations$0.00
  • Total raised$3,102.98
  • Gift Aid$535.59

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