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Adam and Sam try a Tri!

Adam Radford-Smith is raising money for The HALO Trust

Participants: Adam Radford, Sam Lacey

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Virgin Active London Triathlon 2012 · 22 September 2012 ·

Our humanitarian work, clearing landmines and other debris of war, creates safe & secure environments in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. We save lives and lift local families out of poverty by creating jobs for deminers and we prepare the way for development and long term stability.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Hi!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">On the 22nd September&nbsp;we (Sam and Adam)&nbsp;will be attempting our first ever full length triahtlons in London; the Virgin Active London Triathlon! It involves </span><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1,500m swim </span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">(equivalent to 60 lengths of a swimming pool) in London docklands, </span><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">40k cycle </span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">followed by a </span><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">10k run</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">We shall be raising money for <a href="http://www.halotrust.org/"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The HALO Trust</span></a>; a charity which works tirelessly to&nbsp;make ex-warzones safe.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Amongst what they have achieved to date:<br>1. Destroyed 1.4 million land mines in 8,500&nbsp;minefields&nbsp;(making over 74,000 hectares safe)<br>2. Made over 340,000 hectares of land safe from unexploded ordinance<br>3. Destroyed 134,000 assault rifles<br>4. Destroyed or diffused over 12,000,000 larger calibre weapons</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Please help&nbsp;us&nbsp;raise &pound;1,000 for this fantastic charity.<br><br>Any amount is appreciated, even &pound;1!&nbsp;The months of training ahead, not to mention the&nbsp;triathlon itself&nbsp;will be gruelling and any words of encouragement and advice will be fantastic.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Incidentally, we are racing each other, so when you donate, feel free to write who you think will win!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Much love and thanks for taking a look at our page, and please do consider sponsoring us,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><br>Adam and Sam x</span></p>

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£336.00
+ £51.50 Gift Aid
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£336.00
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