Katie Pearce is fundraising for Birmingham St. Mary's Hospice

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EDF Energy Birmingham Half Marathon 2009

on 11/10/2009

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Raising money for

Birmingham St. Mary's Hospice

Charity Registration No. 503456

Every year Birmingham St Mary's Hospice cares for about 1,000 people whose lives are drawing to a close because of illness, usually cancer. The fundamental aim is to help patients to enjoy the best quality of life possible for whatever time they have left and to support families in their bereavement for as long as needed.

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Katie Pearce

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Raised: 71%

Target: £1,000.00
Raised so far: £711.39

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My story

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Some of you may have seen me pounding the streets of Great Barr of late (I apologise!) however many of you probably won't have!

For reasons still unknown and after several failed attempts I have recently taken up exercise and have found that I actually enjoy it a little. I've signed up to run the Birmingham Half Marathon on Sunday 11th October and am raising money for St Mary's Hospice. Over the years my family, in particular my nan Mary have been supporters of the excellent work carried out at the Hospice and so I want to contribute something too.

I'm aiming to run the 21k (13.1 miles) in approx 2 hours and had recently started regular (ish) 10k runs with the help of Richard Connop (from school) who is also running the race. As I've now moved away from the party capital of Great Barr and onto the more regal surroundings of Royal Leamington Spa I'll be continuing my training with the 'Spa Striders'.....check me!!

On a more serious note I'm hoping to raise £1,000 for St Mary's and every pound that you can afford will really help and be massively appreciated.

The route for the run leaves from Paradise Circus in town, goes down the Pershore Road, through Cotteridge, Bournville and Bournbrook, back up the Pershore Road and finishes on Broad Street. It will be great to see as many of you there as possible on the day

http://www.birminghamhalfmarathon.com/raceInfo

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Many, many thanks

Katie

	Congratulations Katie, well done! Really proud of you ;0) Donation by Sylvia Garvin 10/11/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	eek, well done!! Donation by Kirsty Taylor 19/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well Done Katie!!!! What a woman! Donation by Sarah Watkins 16/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Katie, better late than never. Great to see such a genuine person running for such a good cause. Hope your knees are still alive. Donation by robert persson 13/10/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	All the best & good luck x Donation by J Stephens 11/10/09
	Good Luck Katie...You can do it!! Donation by Paul Hughes 09/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Enjoy the beer after! Good luck Philip x Donation by Philip Atkins 09/10/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Donation by Patricia Gordon 09/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	All the very best of luck Katie. I'll be thinking of you all the way! xx Donation by Rebecca 08/10/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Well Done and Good Luck!!!! Donation by Marco Ficini 08/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Keep running Katie...... Donation by Lucie Edwards 08/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Jean Mahoney 07/10/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Good luck - you will be ace! Donation by Mel Noble 04/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Wishing you loads of love and luck for the big run!!! Donation by Natalie Cooper aka Moon Monkey 30/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Katie! Fingers crossed!=)) Donation by Aleksej Krevnev 29/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Katie and please drink a lot of water to keep you going! :-) Donation by Miklos 29/09/09	£4.00 + £1.13 Gift Aid
	Good LUCK! But don't take the Steiner with you or you'll never make it past 4 miles...... Neil X Donation by Neil Preston 29/09/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Good luck Katie. Rather you than me :-) Donation by Lorna and Carl xx 26/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	By the looks of it you're rather accident prone so hopefully you'll finish in one piece ;-) x Donation by Emma Cross 23/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Katie, you'll do great....think of that big beer waiting for you at the end!!! xxx Donation by Kay Silvester 02/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Katie! Donation by Nick Fowler 02/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Run Pearce . . . . . . .Run ! Donation by David Harper 31/08/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Ade Hood 28/08/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Get the Rocky theme music on your iPod, always makes running easier! Donation by Andy Darby 28/08/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	You owe me a coffee. Donation by Guy Dorey 28/08/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Best of luck boss...lol. Donation by Mary Olusanya 28/08/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	good luck Donation by Matthew Allen 26/08/09	£6.13 + £1.73 Gift Aid
	Have a good race Katie ! :) Donation by Jorge C I Guerrero Rodriguez 20/08/09	£7.00 + £1.97 Gift Aid
	Hope, it will be sunny day. :) Donation by Dmitry Shcherbakov 20/08/09	£2.00 + £0.56 Gift Aid
	All the best Donation by Chisomo K. 19/08/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£354.13
Offline donations:	£357.26
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£99.88

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