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Charlie Henderson's Bath Half Marathon plod page
I'm going to be running, probably quite slowly, for The Forever Friends Appeal because it's time I gave Willy Budd Ward more than trouble
Event: Bath Half Marathon 2012 on 11/03/2012
£3,680.00 raised of £3,000.00 target
90 donations
My Target:
£3,000.00
£3,680.00 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/Charlie-Henderson0
By mobile internet Scan this code on your smartphone to go straight to Charlie Henderson's page.
By text message to donate £10 Text QPHG79 £10
to 70070
My story
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The first target was to get round the Bath Half Marathon in one piece, the second was to not stop for a break along the way and the third was to try and do it in the best realistic time I had in my head.
Well, it was a hard slog in the sun, but I got there in the end and achieved all three, with a 'sprint' finish - these things are all relative - helping me squeak just inside the two hours 40 minute mark, so I'm pretty chuffed all told.
And the aches and pains are all worth it when weighed against your amazing kindness in donating to the William Budd Ward.
I've been blown away by your generosity, which provided massive motivation when the body started to hurt out there, and have now doubled the initial target to £3,000.
Thank you ever so much.
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It appears to me that these days you're supposed to do something mega outlandish when it's for charity, like rollerblading down the north face of Everest blindfolded in an effort to support a project for short-sighted lemurs in the Madagascan highlands!
So I'm bucking the trend and going local with something much closer to home, and much closer to my heart.
On Sunday 11 March I will be doing the Bath Half Marathon in aid of the William Budd Ward, which is the Haematology and Oncology ward at Bath's Royal United Hospital.
Since moving to Bath in 2007, the remarkable staff who work there have put up with me more than any sane person should have to as I've spent a fair bit of time coming and going, having been diagnosed with leukaemia in 2008 and relapsing for the first time in 2009. A rough estimate puts it at about 200 days as an in-patient and I'd like to raise some money in order to provide the ward with extra funds to help make the stays of long-term patients in a similar position to me as comfortable as possible. All donations will be passed on to Forever Friends, which is the hospital's charitable trust, and they will be directed towards the William Budd Ward from there.
Having only ever run for a bus before, training for this has been a step into the unknown and my plodding progress was hit when I relapsed a second time at the beginning of 2012. I seem to be getting slightly slower with each passing week, but as I'm still able to maintain some forward momentum I have decided to carry on with plans to give this half-marathon malarkey a crack as illness has yet to intervene. Hopefully I'll still have some forward momentum by the end of it!
Thanks for taking the time to visit this page, spare a thought for me on Sunday and I'll let you know how it goes.
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My gallery 1
My charity
The Forever Friends Appeal
Charity Registration No. 1058323
The Forever Friends Appeal at the Royal United Hospital Bath, raises funds for all wards & departments of the RUH, with a primary focus on its current campaign - to raise £5 million towards the build of a pioneering new Cancer Centre which will tranform care for patients and their families.
Donations 90
Congratulations Charlie! Karl & Han xx
Donation by Karl Scheeres on 12/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Congratulations Charlie, love Emma, Mark, Lucy and Matilda xx
Donation by Emma Thomas on 12/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Splendid effort - obviously a chip off the old block.
Donation by Chris Fane on 12/03/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Only returned from Oz at the weekend, so sorry its a bit late. Hope all went well on the track!
Donation by Jeanne Denne on 12/03/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Donation by P on 12/03/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 12/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Jessica Asher on 12/03/12
With love, Simon & Beth Hill.
Donation by Elizabeth Hill on 12/03/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
v. inspiring Mr Henderson... I could never have done it! All the best - G.
Donation by Gavin Watson on 12/03/12
Hope it all went well! Best of luck with everything
Donation by Elizabeth Hudson on 12/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Typical of me - even when outsourcing the hard work to you I am a bit late... I hope the run was fun!
Donation by Lucio Mesquita on 12/03/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Well done Charlie, we were thinking of you! Lots of love from Kate, Will, Eve, Sarah and George xxxxx
Donation by Kate Goodhart on 11/03/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Ian Martin on 11/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Onwards and upwards Charlie from a fellow leukaemia sufferer in remission. Well done you
Donation by Margaret on 11/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Wow, Charlie - pounding the pavements as I donate with a few strenuous clicks. Cheering you on from sunny Tooting! Charl, Gus, Tom & Arthur xxxx
Donation by Charlotte Peterson on 11/03/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Enjoy. If such a thing is possible. Just imagine you're a GB player heading into a pack of Aussies.
Donation by Paul Fletcher on 11/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck, Charlie! Perhaps you could use castors?
Donation by Catherine Pope on 11/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Very courageous effort, Charles. Best of luck. Micky & Ray.
Donation by ray dunsbier on 11/03/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Good luck. lots of love, Soph x
Donation by Sophie Goodhart on 10/03/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Hope you manage to enjoy it. Good on you.
Donation by Alexander Turnbull on 10/03/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Good luck with the run Charlie. We'll be thinking of you whist we are sitting on our sofa. Hopefully see you both very soon. Allan and Annemarie.
Donation by Allan Sommerville on 10/03/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Go for it Charles. We are with you all the way. Don & Noelene x
Donation by Don HEWITSON on 10/03/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Good luck charlie
Donation by Alistair Magowan on 10/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck mate, let us know the wackiest costume to overtake you.
Donation by Piers Newbery on 10/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 10/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£3,630.00
- Offline donations£50.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£3,680.00
- Gift Aid£902.50
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