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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.   Having done the Manchester run and Great North Run last year in aid of the Isaiah Trust,(which I had tremendous support for) I have decided that I will do something to help a different charity annually. This year I have chosen to support the North West and Yorkshire air ambulance services. I hope none of us ever need their services but you never know when or where disaster or illness may strike and without constant fundraising the service they provide would not be there, leaving a potentially fatal gap in the person in need’s chance of survival. (REMEMBER THIS COULD BE YOU OR YOUR FAMILY) All our countries air ambulance services are worthy of support as most of us do travel at some time or other around the country but I decided to support both NW & Yorks. As we are right on the divide between North West and Yorkshire territory and my potential sponsors could be on either side of the fence. Earlier this year I secured my entry in the Edinburgh Marathon which was not tied to a charity so the choice of  benefactors is entirely my own but influenced by knowledge of people we know who have benefitted from the services of Air Ambulance. The event race day is 27 May 2012 and I have been training ever harder in preparation for the event. I  am hoping  to complete the 26.2 miles in under 4 hours but this will depend a lot on the temperature on the day (I don’t do hot weather very well !! ) I am hoping for cold and wet. My longest training run at the time of writing has been 19 miles but another 7 on top was not appealing that day. The training is now 5 runs a week of between 10 and 30 km.which is taking some fitting in, but without it I will not make the distance on race day.   Since doing my first run last year I have grown to enjoy the ‘away from it all ‘feeling once on a training run but don’t underestimate the commitment required to complete the challenge. To put the distance in perspective it is the approx same as running from work at Barnoldswick to Preston. All I am asking for is as many people as possible to sponsor me and help me raise as much money as possible to divide  between both the above air ambulances. It does not matter if you give a pound or a thousand, Any donation will be gratefully received and lots of small ones help make a large one. I have made 2 just giving pages  and  I have paper sponsor forms . You can phone or text me on 07774296109 , Send any cheques payable to J Boothman or call in with cash. . Absolutely all monies raised will go to the charities and I am paying all my own expenses / accommodation / entries etc. myself and I will make my own donation as well. I hope to raise a substantial sum for what I feel you must agree is an invaluable service and plan to have some sort of presentation combined with a “get together” once all funds are in and counted. Although this has to be organised Please make sure if you do donate to let me have your name and address & postcode so gift aid can be collected. I hope you have long arms and shallow pockets for this one ! Thank you for your support.   John Boothman. 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.

John's NWAA page

John's NWAA page

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