Raised: 101%
Target: £2,500.00
Raised so far: £2,522.00
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My story

 
We all did it!!! 

New photos of us running included to the left of the page.  You can access run stats, photos and video below.

Marathon Results
Kit (Bib No. 4968) Time 3:24.20 Run Stats Video
James (Bib No. 1728) Time 4:02:38 Run Stats Video 
Mark (Bib No. 4231) Time 4:17:34 Run Stats Video

Half Marathon Results
Amanda (Bib No. 28488) Time 1:58:22 Run Stats Video
(Unfortunately the 'Marathon-Photos.com' photo is NOT Amanda - just in case you were wondering!)
Louise (Bib No. 27519) Time 2:14:56 Run Stats Video

Thanks for all your amazing donations - just so thrilled that we could raise so much as a family for Alzheimer's Research Trust.  Keep them coming!

Why?
 

Rod had ‘early-onset’ Alzheimer’s Disease.  From the age of 57 the brain malfunction essentially increased until he died this year at 66. Every sufferer experiences a unique set of symptoms.  Rod’s were acute.  If you refer to the Global Deterioration Scale which is used to measure the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease, Rod spent almost half the time with the disease at Stage 6/7.

As you can imagine this has had an enormous effect on the family.  The pain and horror of this situation doesn’t have to be the case for other families in the future. We believe that raising money for Alzheimer’s Research Trust  is a good step in combating Dementia.

What are we doing?

On Sunday 18th October the 3 brothers, Kit, Mark & James will be running the Amsterdam Marathon and Louise & Amanda will be running the Amsterdam Half-Marathon. 

We have all been training for this big challenge in our different ways.  Kit the seasoned marathoner has dedicated himself to the book 'Advanced Marathoning' in preparation knowing that it is a fast course; Mark has run over 800km this year using his gadget GPS watch as a motivator; James has been playing 300 holes of golf every week as well as training; Louise has got a new dog and gets encouraging phone calls from her daughters while running, and Amanda’s been running round Amsterdamse bos with Jed on his bicycle.

How you can donate

JustGiving.com is amazing – to think that over £500million has been raised through this website!  In the past you could pledge money so if we completed the run we would update the website and then the donation money could be released.  However, now that JustGiving.com does not store credit card security information you can not pledge money on completion of the run.  So you can either:

Donate money now
OR
click on Remind me to Donate Later (the active link is to the left) so you can get a reminder after 18th October to check our Justgiving page to see how we did

Donations can either be done anonymously or you can leave a message (which would be great to see).

....... and finally

In our various trainings we have just completed our final ‘long run’ before we taper off in preparation for the big day.  We are under no illusion as to how demanding this challenge will be BUT we are excited that as a family we can be together ‘Running for Rod’ and hope to reach our target for Alzheimer’s Research.  Please support us.

 

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well done all! Donation by David Owen 20/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Congratulations - Fab effort Team Nelson!! Donation by Simon & Helen Macklin 09/11/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Well done to Kit, Mark, James, Louise and Amanda on completing the Amsterdam marathon. Your father would have been so proud of all your efforts. Donation by Jill and Peter Burgum 01/11/09  

£50.00

Dear Mark & Amanda Great what you and your team have done. Proficiat!! Grote Kus X Donation by Carmen and Patrick 01/11/09  

£25.00

Dear Mark and Amanda - Looking good at the end there! Now you just have to keep going until next year... Lots of love xxx Donation by The Middleton family 25/10/09  

What a great day for you all and quite amazing to get you all running together. A great tribute for your dad and we are sure v emotional. Congrats ! Donation by David & Lizzie Melsom 23/10/09  

£50.00

precious memories of a special man and amazing family... well done guys... incredible! xx Donation by Jo Czaja 21/10/09  

Congratulations to you all - we have such special memories of Rod in our family - God bless you all. Donation by Malcolm and Gloria Harrison 20/10/09  

In memory of dear Rod and with love to his family Donation by Lynne Shepherd 20/10/09  

Well done! Donation by Maarten van Essen 19/10/09  

Well done to all of you. Thinking of you as you are running today. Great cause and hope that you hit your target. Donation by Lisa Elvy 18/10/09  

Best of luck ... think chariots of fire as you re-enter the stadium! Donation by Nick & Danielle Haan 18/10/09  

£42.00

Good luck to you all tomorrow Donation by Foliena & Marc 17/10/09  

Donation by Christopher Brough 17/10/09  

£50.00

We're with you Donation by Anthony and Janet Ray 17/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

A wondeful endeavour - good luck! Donation by Gwendal & Daniela Collis 17/10/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Well done! Rod would have been proud of such a memorial. God bless. Donation by Stuart & Isabel Fraser 16/10/09  

Go guys! Missing being with you and very proud of you all! woop woop! Donation by Chris and Tilly 16/10/09  

Run, run like the wind! Donation by Dan and Rebecca Connolly 16/10/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Thrilled to be a part of this special day! Donation by Andrew Game 16/10/09  

£50.00

What a wonderful thing to do. Well done to you all. Donation by Amanda Todd 15/10/09  

Donation by Alan Higgs 15/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Great initiative and good luck :-) ! Donation by Miranda van der Giessen 14/10/09  

Well done and Good Luck guys!! Donation by charlie nelson 14/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well done to all of you for making this happen. We are proud of you. x Donation by Hugh and Antonia Nelson 14/10/09  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

Our very best wishes to you all! Have a good run! Gordon & Ros. Donation by Gordon Clarke 14/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

God bless you all - Rod was a dear friend and brother to me. Donation by Victor Trevor 13/10/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good luck Donation by Julia and Mike 13/10/09  

£50.00

Amazing commitment guys - we'll be rooting for you on the day! Donation by Becky and Graeme 13/10/09  

£25.00

You two are amazing. I wonder if your Dad has been training in heaven, minus cramps and knee injuries?! Go go, zippy legs! Donation by Rachael Ruane 12/10/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
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* Total raised online: £2,287.00
  Offline donations: £235.00
  Gift Aid plus supplement: £348.33

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