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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hello. Thanks for cliking through to my Just Giving page. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span><strong><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">03/11/2010 - Update</span><br /></span></span></strong></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to everyone who’s already donated and help take us well past the original target.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Had my last PT session at the gym before the race yesterday and am feeling in fine fettle – especially if you take into account the cold and number of extra stones I’m still carrying!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your donations and support have really helped keep me going through the training and here’s to yomping round Surrey on Sunday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think any land-speed records are likely to be broken, but it’ll be a great day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check back for news and photos on the day and after.</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span><strong><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">18/10/2010 - Update</span><br /></span></span></strong></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's been a crazy fund-raising weekend, we've gone from 40% of our target raised up to 97% in three days. Thanks to everyone who's donated over the weekend. If you haven't donated yet, don't let this put you off, we're not a government agency and, therefore, are allowed to exceed our target! The treadmill will be getting a pounding at the gym tonight and no mistake!</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span class="Heading1Char"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">15/10/2010 – Update</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">With three and a bit weeks to go before I hit the rolling Surrey countryside training is going well. I've managed 2-3 sessions a week in the gym and have got some kms in my legs on the treadmill. More imporantly the fundraising has gone really well so far. As you can see, we're well on our way to the target figure and at 40% plus this early on, I'd like to say thanks very much to all who've donated so far. The support is really encouraging and motivating. Cheers.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the 20<sup>th</sup> September this year my youngest Godson, Nate Wright, died at </span><a href="http://www.chasecare.org.uk/"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;">Christopher’s Hospice</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> in Guildford. The care he received in the short time he was there and, just as importantly, the support and help that his parents Alison and Dave received both before and after his death were first class. So, being nothing if not completely reactionary, I thought the least that could be done would be to raise some money for The Chase organisation that funds Christopher’s and I’m pretty sure that whilst Nate might have been quie disturbed at the concept of his Godfather trying to run a 10k, he’d have also found it oddly compelling! Until it was time for tea and a biscuit at any rate. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"> If you’d like to donate to a marvellous cause, or simply fund the painful staggering of the Lincolnshire League’s Largest Cricketer(TM), please use the Donate Now button below and follow the instructions. </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><strong><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now for the devilish detail:</span></span></strong><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <strong>And finally:</strong> <br />Nate received tonnes of support from a whole range of charities and institutions, including: </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.royalmarsden.org/Campaign/Home/"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Royal Marsden</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.clicsargent.org.uk/"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;">Clic Sargant</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/givingindex.asp"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;">St. George’s, Tooting</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">So there are plenty of donating pathways (sic) for you should this one have not exhausted your funds or taken your fancy </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cheers, </span></span></p>
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