Adam Lannon is fundraising for Crisis

Adam's running again!

Flora London Marathon 2009

on 26/04/2009

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Raising money for

Crisis

Charity Registration No. 1082947

Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. We are dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change.

Our innovative education, employment, housing and well-being services address individual needs and help people to transform their lives.

We are determined campaigners, working to prevent people from becoming homeless and advocating solutions informed by research and our direct experience.

We have ambitious plans for the future and are committed to help more people in more places across the UK. We know we won’t end homelessness overnight or on our own. But we take a lead, collaborate with others and, together, make change happen.

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Adam Lannon

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Raised: 107%

Target: £2,500.00
Raised so far: £2,670.00

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My story

Is this deja vu?!

You'd think I learned last year or maybe I am mad?

Ok so last year I proved I can commit myself to the months of training and I can run a marathon and survive. So what's next?

No not two marathons (yet!), I want to perfect this one first. Last year I ran it, enjoyed it and raised a fantastic sum for a wonderful charity.

This year I'm running for a charity I work for every Christmas and I intend on beating last year's time. I found out someone had dropped out at the end of December and I had to help.

Crisis is a charity I'm incredibly passionate about. To help with your decision to sponsor me I'm making a series of 2 minute videos of me talking about Crisis, what they do and sharing my experiences of working with them at Christmas (I want to give a more hands on feel this year and really show you as the sponsor where your money goes).

19/3 - 1 month and 7 days to go and a quarter of a way to my target. I've not marketed me doing this as hard this year and I've changed my training and feeling stronger and confident. Check back for regular updates from now on.

26/3 - Exactly one month today I will have completed the London Marathon. The training in snow (lots of it this year), rain and wind will of all paid off. Today I started my final push for sponsors, including on site massage..

08/04 - 18 days to go. I had a good long run at the weekend and I did my first charity massage today which was a great success. I visited a friend's office and massaged for three hours and all the people who had a massage paid whatever they could towards my marathon fund. I've got three more booking coming up, so let me know if you have any other ideas!

24/04 - The last Friday before the big day and I'm over the moon with my sponsorship total. I've wanted to update this more but simply not had the time between work, training and massaging to raise sponsorship. The massage has been a great success, raising over £500 so far in total so special thanks to all of you who asked and made it possible for me to come into your workplace. My number for Sunday is 37578... I'm nervous and excited, obviously I've got a better idea of what to expect after last year, but you never can tell what will happen on the day, let's hope it's not too hot!

I look forward to seeing some of you on the day and if you're at home I believe there's a service you can use to keep track of me by entering my number.

Thank you again :-)

27/04 - The day after. Wow, that was hot. I know some of you were there and the sun made for a great day out, but the amount of people I saw needing assistance and collapsed at the side of the road compared to the year before was scary. I'm pleased to say I made it round and got off lightly with a bit of sunburn and some chafing. It wasn't my finest piece of running, but I did it.

The amount of sponsorship I've raised this year has just been phenomenal and I'm really grateful to every one of you that helped and supported me.

To be continued....?

Incidentally if you are reading this for the first time, my sponsorship page will remain open and any donations you make will go towards Crisis.

Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Crisis gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.

	Better late than never! Congrats again fella! Donation by Kev McFadyen 21/06/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	well you did it! 2010 perhaps? Donation by nicola hurley 18/05/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Well done Adam, that's a really great target and superb time. Maybe see you out there next year! Donation by Anny Deery 14/05/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Amazing! See you on Friday ;-) Donation by Whoopee! 11/05/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Better late than never - well done for raising so much money for such a worthwhile cause! Donation by Emma Hartley 09/05/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	better late than never.....plus now you've truly earnt it! WELL DONE!!!!! Donation by Lemon 05/05/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	sorry it took so long lumberjack- a promise is a promise Donation by Anna- lumberjack fan 04/05/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done Adam! x Donation by Joy Maddaford 02/05/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	well done mate, fergie Donation by paul ferguson 01/05/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	You da man baby. Donation by Nick Padley 28/04/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Dude what an experience this has got the e-bay monry added on. Well Done buddy. Donation by Craig 27/04/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Hi Adam. Congratulations! I like your choice of charity. Donation by Jodie Schloss 27/04/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done Adam! Such an amazing achievement. I hope that first beer went down a treat?! Donation by Lucy Tate 27/04/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Hope your legs are still working! Donation by Shelley Lucas Ball 26/04/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Hope the run went ok! Donation by Karen Muffitt 26/04/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Hope you made it to the end fella Donation by Ian Hall 26/04/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck for tomorrow hun :-) x Donation by Tasha 25/04/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Good luck honey, I wish I had more to give. Next year I'll give it a bash! Donation by Maria Fenn 25/04/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Sorry for delay bud, been hectic. Good luck! Donation by Chris Taylor 25/04/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Good luck x Donation by Lucy 25/04/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Adam. U were a COC and so was I ! - a few years back. Good luck Sunday. Donation by Andy Roche 25/04/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	This amount means you've reached your target. Good luck we'll be thinking of you on Sunday. Lots of love, Jane Donation by Jane Farrow 24/04/09	£46.38 + £13.08 Gift Aid
	Good luck old boy; you're a braver man that I...! Donation by Rob Ferguson 24/04/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Good luck Ad Wu, represent the clan and your Noodle restaurant haha Donation by Shash 24/04/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	same as last year will do any better time will be abonus good luck Donation by dad/jac spain 24/04/09	£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid
	Sorry not more! But very proud of you! xx Donation by Zoe Hall 24/04/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Ad's, you're such a star! Hope I can spot you this year, I'll be cheering you on. xxx Donation by Liz Marsden 24/04/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Good luck! x Donation by Joanne Miller 24/04/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	You better win this year! x Donation by Becky Gainey 24/04/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good man! Hears to you on the day! Giving me inspiration to tackle it next year! Will look out for u around 'the wharf'! Donation by Chris Crocker 24/04/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£2,148.00
Offline donations:	£522.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£569.74

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