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Target: £500.00
Raised so far: £472.20
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My story

 

Many thanks to everyone who sponsored me ....

My results can be viewed here ....

http://results-2009.london-marathon.co.uk/index.php?lastname=&firstname=&club=&gender=&nation=&event_id=MAS&position=&split=FINISHNET&Submit=show+results+%3E%3E&a=d&o=s&start_no=1149&ostart_no=1149

and photos here ....

http://www.marathonfoto.com/order_my_photos.cfm?RaceOID=19802009S1&LastName=SMITH&BibNumber=1149&Language=en&Mailing=22658&BFI=f9pb7vxb2g&Frames=true&Flash=true&FlashVersion=8&Height=1050&Width=1680&Index2Home=true

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After last years successful "4 half-marathon challenge" ( see http://www.justgiving.com/alansmith.843381 ), I decided to raise the stakes this year.

Yes, I'm still doing the Great North Run and Coventry Half Marathon in a few weeks time ( I can't do the same 4 as last year, since the Kenilworth & Leicester Halfs clash with Newcastle & Coventry ), but these are only a warm up.

The main event is on April 26th 2009, when I shall be doing my first ( and probably only ) full marathon.

If any of you have ever seen me at the end of a half-marathon, then you'll know that I'm usually in no fit state to run any further ..... I can usually bluff my way round a half, but the full marathon is a different ball game.

The charity I'm running for this year is "Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres"

Maggies Centres are a network of day-care centres, located at various places in the UK, which aim to help anyone who has, or has had cancer, as well as their family and friends. They are not intended as a replacement for conventional cancer therapy, but as a caring environment that can provide advice and support for anyone who requires it.

Their website is at http://www.maggiescentres.org where you can read more about the important role they play.

Thanks for sponsoring me.

Alan

p.s. that's not my real hair ......

Well done on a great run, from all the rest of us at PET! Donation by PET 18/05/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

I see you're still impersonating me Donation by Ian McCran 29/04/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done. Good Luck for next year Donation by Jon Childs 27/04/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Good luck mate! Donation by JP 26/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

good luck you madman Donation by david 25/04/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

It's only 4 laps around the Regency Run course (and a little bit more)! All the best. Donation by David Bowley 24/04/09  

£26.00 + £7.33 Gift Aid

I'm sure you'll make it.Good luck. Donation by Deborah 23/04/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

I've done a half and it was tough, so I really admire you for doing a full marathon - good luck. Donation by Beverley Margeson 23/04/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Best of luck mate. Donation by Alan Harvey 22/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

idiot!!! good luck, dont forget to wave to the cameras, will be watching out for you as I laze on my sofa all day Donation by Pete Teasdale 20/04/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Hope you make it ! Donation by Mum 15/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

good luck Donation by Dad 15/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

I'll double it if you run both ways Donation by Tim C 08/04/09  

£35.00 + £9.87 Gift Aid

Good luck. Donation by P.J. 08/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

I'll get the radox ready Donation by Reid 22/03/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Go for it! Good luck. Donation by Lynne McFarlane 18/03/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Go Al - best of luck! Donation by Mike Rogers 17/03/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

got to be worh £1 a mile. enjoy......... Donation by John Alexander 17/03/09  

£26.20 + £7.39 Gift Aid

Hope you are better at running than you are at Fantasy Football! Donation by Martin Kendall 16/03/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

You can do it! Donation by Michelle Stoddard 07/02/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck! Donation by Jess Lewis-Bell 08/10/08  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Good luck, rather you than me! :-) Donation by Peter Stevens 06/10/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Fool! Donation by Jonny Underhill 26/09/08  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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