Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page.
Unfortunately we are no longer the sprightly central high girls of yesteryear, who wouldn't even break a sweat under Mrs Anderson's tough Newcastle Town Moor running regime. Training for the 10k has been hard and painful and we have both discovered that we don't particularly enjoy running. We could probably dance 10k easily but running; not so much fun.
We are doing it because we feel strongly about helping Alzheimer's sufferers. 1 in 3 people over the age of 65 will die from alzheimer's and there is very little money dedicated to research into the disease.
I (Ruth) am running particularly for a best friend of my mum's who suffers from Alzheimer's and since the day I was born has not forgotten my birthday. Even now, despite struggling to sustain a conversation she has made a birthday box and friends help her with the calendar, so that she can still send people birthday cards and I received one from her last month.
As some of you know I (Rachel) am running for my Auntie who has Alzheimer's and who has suffered from the disease from a very young age. It means a lot to be raising money for people who give support and are looking for a desperately needed cure.
We will complete the run (somehow) on 16th May but this page will remain open for 3 months afterwards, so don't worry about missing the boat, we will be extremely grateful for all donations, whenever they arrive.
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If you would prefer not to donate online, then please inform us and we can easily add your name to a sponsorship form and collect your donation when convenient.
Thank you so much to those who have donated already, this has kept us motivated during training and will do so on the day of the run.
So please dig deep and donate now.
Yours Hopefully
Rachel and Ruthxx
