Gary O'Connor
RNIB - Gary and Paul
Fundraising for RNIB - Royal National Institute of Blind People
Story
Last Update - Sunday September 19th 2010!
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You may know GOC has a hereditary retinal eye disease (Choroideremia or CHM), is already officially "Visually Impaired" and will eventually completely lose his sight. Fortunately he is lucky to be supported both emotionally and financially by a fantastic group of caring family, friends and employers (WestLB). However not everyone is so lucky and the RNIB (Royal National Institute for the Blind) does a fantastic job in helping blind people (and their families and friends) to cope and adjust, building confidence to function and grow again. Continuing investment into research for accurate diagnosis and cures is also essential and provides some hope, if not always for this generation but for those who follow. Just take a few seconds, close your eyes and imagine what it feels like to know you will not see anything ever, again. Please help the RNIB to continue helping those who don't need to imagine. This is a fantastic cause and we are delighted to be able to help the RNIB.
With this in mind, here is the finalised event schedule (and more importantly who's doing what!) :
*Indicates Completed, Scroll to the bottom for completion details / timings etc.
Sunday April 18th - Edinburgh, Scotland - Half Marathon Paul *
Sunday May 2nd - Bantry, West Cork Ireland - Half Marathon Paul *
Monday May 31st - London, United Kingdom - Bupa 10km Paul *
Saturday July 3rd - Achill Island - Ireland Half Marathon Paul *
Sunday July 11th - London, United Kingdom - Asics British 10km Paul *
Thursday July 15th - London, United Kingdom - Great City Race 5km Paul *
Sunday Sept 12th - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Half Marathon Paul *
Sunday Sept 19th - Kilkenny, Ireland - Half Marathon Paul *
As we go through the schedule, we will be posting the all important evidence of completion / results etc - so please check back to see how we are getting on! Results to date are detailed below.
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GOC and PM (Pavlos)
www.edinburgh-half.co.uk
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The all important evidence! As promised..
1. Edinburgh Half Marathon (Paul) - completed in 1hr34min45sec - Placed #268 (on fire) (from a field of 3094)
For the evidence go to: www.winningtimeuk.com ..Results.. Chris Hoy Half .. enter number #1423
2. Bayrun Half Marathon (Paul) - completed in 1hr44min - placed #249 (from a competitive field of 1200 - jet lag)
For the evidence go to: www.bayrun.ie ...Results... and scroll down, and there I will be!
3. BUPA 10km (Paul) - completed in 42.33min - placed #501 from a 13,000+ field (top 3.85% - Impressive?!)
For the evidence go to: www.london10000.co.uk ..Results and enter #1061
4. Achill Half Marathon (Paul) - completed in 1hr39min - placed #141 from a field of 2000 (top 7%)
For the evidence go to: www.achillmarathon.com .. Results
5. Asics British 10km - completed in 42min 12 sec - placed #168 from 20,000+
For the evidence go to: www.thebritish10klondon.co.uk
Chip Timing Results - and my badge is 40662
6. Great City Race 5km - completed in 21min 20sec - WestLB team placed 33rd from 663 teams.
For the evidence go to: www.cityrace.co.uk
Results - Teams - WestLB - 33rd (663 teams)
7. Robin Hood Half Marathon - completed in 1hr 41min 28sec
Placed 683 from 10,000+ entrants
www.experianfestivalofrunning.co.uk for results..
8. Kilkenny Half Marathon - completed in 1hr 33min 51 sec
Placed 32nd from a field of 650 - my best performance to date and a PB over the distance - pretty delighted.