Paul Irwin

Paul's Virgin London Marathon 2011 page

Fundraising for Spinal Research
£2,815
raised of £3,300 target
by 39 supporters
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
Event: Virgin London Marathon 2010, on 25 April 2010
Spinal Research

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RCN 1151015
We fund life changing research to change the future of spinal cord injury

Story

Training really hard for this years marathons. London and Edinburgh as well as the Silverstone Half and the Great North run. Just completed the Great North West Half Marathon at Blackpool in 1 hour 47mins 51 secs. So I am showing steady improvement. Thank you again for your continued support.

My entry is now confirmed for the 2011 Virgin London, I haven't stopped training since the 2010 race and I am going all out for 3 hour something time, even if it is 3 hours 59 mins i'll be happy. Please keep the donations coming and lets see if I can smash my target of £3300. Spinal research are doing some fantastic ground breaking work and a majority of there income is from London Marathon fund raising. Every little helps.

Thank you to everyone so much for your help raising money for such a worthwhile cause. I managed to get to the Finish line in 4 hours 39 mins. About 20 mins slower than planned after running out steam at mile 21 and really had to dig deep to keep moving for those last 5 miles. Never been so happy to finish a race in my life. So please keep the donations coming and I'll endeavour to break 4 hours next year!

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I raced Motocross for 31 years from age 7 until I was 38. I felt it was time to stop when my worn out hips stopped me cocking my leg over a bike.

 I had broken ankles, wrists, collarbones, rib's and even a broken hip. I crashed and was dragged off the track by the First aid more times than I care to think about, but I guess I was lucky. I pushed my luck and walked away, (sometimes crawled).

In our sport each year numurous riders can't walk away. they crash and can't get up. Please help me to help those riders with damaged spinal cords that weren't as lucky as me.

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So please dig deep and donate now.

A quick update, with just one month to go before the big day, after 6 months of training, 4 weeks of snow, more aches and pains than you can imagine including a nasty strained thigh muscle, I have clocked up 434 miles over 86 seperate runs, burned 59,000 calories (lost nearly 2 stone), climbed over 35000ft and spent 70 hours and 39 mins doing it. Please Help!

About the charity

Spinal Research

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RCN 1151015
Every year 1,000 people in the UK and Ireland are paralysed due to spinal cord injury. Spinal Research is the UK’s leading charity funding medical research around the world to develop effective treatments for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury.

Donation summary

Total raised
£2,815.00
+ £467.85 Gift Aid
Online donations
£2,405.45
Offline donations
£409.55

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