Claire McLeod is fundraising for Batten Disease Family Association

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Bupa Great South Run 2009

on 25/10/2009

My medal!

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Raising money for

Batten Disease Family Association

Charity Registration No. 1084908

Batten Disease is a group of rare, progressive neurodegenerative, genetic metabolic diseases that occur in children and adults worldwide. The BDFA's Vision is to bring light to Batten Disease by being the central point of excellence in the UK for supporting affected families and to facilitate research into the disease.

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Claire McLeod

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Raised: 104%

Target: £500.00
Raised so far: £520.00

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My story

Hi, thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

26/10/09

I did it!!! I ran all the way, completing the 10 miles in 1 hour and 39 minutes. I really enjoyed it, the last couple of miles along the sea front were tough running against the wind but I managed it. I'm a bit achey and tired but otherwise good!

It was a fab day, made better by friends and family coming along to cheer me on and meeting others also supporting Batten's disease.

The weather was good, no rain and even a bit of sunshine, so a big thank you to everyone who wished for fair weather along with generous donations! If you haven't got around to sponsoring me, don't worry this page will be active for a couple of months yet.

Having been running rather leisurely for a couple of years I have decided to enter the Great South at the end of October. I have done a couple of 10k in preparation already and I am looking forward to the challenge of Europe's fastest road race along with 21,000 other people. Although I am told it always rains and I'm a fair weather runner!

I have chosen to run for the BDFA to raise awareness of Batten's disease (click on link to the left for more info) which affects my 8 year old nephew Max (on the right in the picture with his brother, sister and cousins).

By sponsoring me you will help facilitate research in the hope that one day soon a cure will be found.

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. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.

Thank you!!!

Claire X

03/10/09

My race pack and number have arrived this week. With just 3 weeks to go I am beginning to feel a bit nervous! All of the generous donations are really motivating, the sponsorship and kind messages (well, most of them are!) makes getting up in the dark for the early morning training much, much easier.

A few people have asked if they can donate in the traditional way, that is absolutely fine, just let me know how much you would like to pledge and I can add it to the total on the JustGiving page and collect cash/cheques later.

So a huge THANK YOU! to all of you who have already contributed and to those of you who haven't, please, please pledge what you can to help me raise lots more money for Batten's disease.

	Well done. Next time take george the monkey around with you. Donation by matt northcott 13/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Glad you made it and enjoyed it too! Love 'The Seagers' xx Donation by Adele Seager 04/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good Luck for Sunday, Claire. Donation by Susan Dewey 23/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Run Claire Bear Run! Think of that big glass of vino at the finish line! Will be thinking of you.xx Donation by PD (Pete) 22/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Best of luck x Donation by Alice Thomas 22/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Anonymous 22/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Claire, be thinking of you, have fun and enjoy, love Clare, Scott, Josh, Harry and Ewan xxx Donation by clare huff 21/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Claire - I will be thinking of you! Donation by Libby 21/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Go Forrest go. Good luck Claire. Donation by Noeleen 21/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Claire - fingers crossed for fair weather! Donation by Helen Wright 20/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Hopefully I'll see you at the finish line some point before the sun goes down. Good luck x Donation by rebecca wood 15/10/09	£10.00
	GoGoGo Claire - wish I was running too...have a great run! Donation by Penny Pate 14/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Hi Claire, Good luck - hope you hit your target and get a good time. Lawrence & Sarah xx Donation by L Batchelor 14/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck! We are all very proud of you! Donation by The Lovegrove's! 14/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Goodluck Clare, we will be thinking of you whilst eating a kit kat!! Ange and Brim xx Donation by andrea vincent 12/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Tania Holdcroft 12/10/09
	All the best Claire Donation by Keith Hancock 12/10/09
	Good luck! Love from Oma Donation by Oma 09/10/09	£20.00
	Well done and good luck. Donation by Pip Armitage (Wednesday/Winchester) 07/10/09	£10.00
	Good luck Claire - have a great run Donation by Karen Hazzard 07/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Run Claire Run... wish I could have joined you x Donation by Claire Masding-Taylor 06/10/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Good luck Clare, and dont forget the unbrella!, I will be thinking of you on the day. Donation by Elisa Edwards 06/10/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Well done Claire for running in aid of such an excellent charity. We wish you the very best of luck. Lots of love Liz, Paul and Brooke XxX Donation by Elizabeth Terry 06/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Best of luck... Did and Katie x Donation by Didi & Katie 05/10/09	£20.00
	Run Claire run! I'll be looking out for you. Good luck! Donation by Clare Baker 04/10/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Go Claire - best of luck, and we hope the weather holds!! Donation by Guy Boyd 03/10/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Well you did supply the Hob Nobs, it is the least I can do! Donation by Debra Jones 01/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done Donation by The Cousins family 01/10/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Donation by Sarah Weld 01/10/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	All the very best, here's hoping it is a fair weather run as you like! Paula, Josh & Ben Donation by Paula Phillips 30/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£470.00
Offline donations:	£50.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£112.82

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