<p>Hi Everyone,</p> <p>Thank you for donating to Make-a-wish.</p> <p>I am running in this years Great North Run on Sept 18th. This half marathon is one of the most famous running events in the world and it is a privilege for me to be in it and to raise money for this great charity, Make-A-Wish.</p> <p>The Make-a-wish foundation does great work for children with life-threatening ilnesses and for the last 25 years the foundation has granted many magical wishes for these children.</p> <p>Make-a-wish is looking to raise a great deal of money, but my target for this event is &pound;400.</p> <p>Although it looks like I have a way to go I have also raised &pound;100.00 using the good old-fashioned sponsor form.</p> <p>Anything you can donate is greatly appreciated. I will continue to update this page as time goes by, training and preparation as well as great things Make-A-Wish does for many many children.</p> <p>Training is going well. I am now under my target of 8 min/mile. A colleague of mine has challenged me to finish in under 1h40m. For every minute I get under that time he will donate &pound;5.00. This means my new target is 7m40s per mile.</p> <p>Argh...under 2 months to go. I am still powered by XRP Energy, so I should get through this pretty well. I have decided to re-introduce gym work focussing on&nbsp;cross-fit work and now lots more running. A couple of weekends ago I completed a local 5 mile race on a hilly route in 39m04s. Very happy with that.</p> <p>Yours sincerely</p> <p>Alen</p>