Alastair Humphreys is fundraising for Hope and Homes for Children

Al's Marathons

on 01/01/2009

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Alastair Humphreys

Raising money for

Hope and Homes for Children

Charity Registration No. 1089490

Hope and Homes for Children’s mission is to give hope to the poorest children in the world – those who are orphaned, abandoned or vulnerable – by enabling them to grow up within the love of a family and the security of a home, so they can fulfil their potential. In Central and Eastern Europe, we close orphanages and move children into family-based care whilst developing the services needed to help prevent child abandonment. In Africa, we provide a vital lifeline for families at risk of breakdown due to the pressures of poverty, disease or conflict. We believe that, above all else, every child should live within a loving family environment.

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Alastair Humphreys

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Raised: 63%

Target: £5,000.00
Raised so far: £3,125.11

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My story

Rather than raise odds and ends of money from each marathon or event that I do I decided to set up a long-running webpage that will gather the donations I receive for each event in one place, all supporting 'Hope and Homes for Children'.

So far I have signed up for these events-

Tough Guy (http://www.toughguy.co.uk/c-underwater-tunnel.shtml): a cold, wet, muddy misery-fest. [COMPLETED! 2hrs 12. Bloomin' cold!]

Reading Half Marathon 2007. [COMPLETED! 1hr 22. Vomited]

London Marathon 2007: I hope to knock almost TWO HOURS off my best marathon time this year and break the 3 hour barrier. I should mention that my best time (4 hrs 52) was dressed as a rhino.[COMPLETED! 2hrs 58. Bloomin' hot! and painful...]

Trailwalker: a 60 mile, single-day run across the South Downs. Organised by the Gurkhas [COMPLETED! 16 hours. Feet in agony.]

The Great River Race: 22 miles in a Dragon boat down the River Thames. Dressed as gladiators. [COMPLETED! 2 hrs 35 Ouch! My arms are not used to exercise...]

The Original Mountain Marathon: 2 days running round the hills of Scotland and one of the wettest night's camping of my life. [Unfortunately our team had to drop out on the second day in the mountains due to injury]

The Devizes to Westminster 125 mile, non-stop canoe marathon (http://www.dwrace.org.uk/) [SORT of COMPLETED! Forced to retire after 99 miles and 28 hours for being too slow! Deeply painful, cold, miserable. Loved it.

Marathon des Sables 2008: A 6 day, 150 mile run across the Sahara desert carrying all your gear. (http://www.saharamarathon.co.uk/) [COMPLETED! 9th fastest Brit, 104th place overall. Broke my foot on Day 5]

Proposed marathons include:

The Wensleydale Triathlon.

The UK Ironman

A 24 hour, 42 peak 'Bob Graham' round in the Lake District

www.SOUTH.com - the longest unsupported polar journey in history.

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Hope and Homes for Children will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

So please sponsor me now!

Many thanks for your support.

Alastair

www.alastairhumphreys.com

	Donation by Torbjorn Hultmark 15/03/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Great achievements, and a good cause Donation by Mark Farrington 21/10/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by anonymous 07/10/08	£60.00 + £16.92 Gift Aid
	Huge fan. HHC patron, who's enrolled for 2010 MdS Donation by Claire Wright 03/07/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	A truly wonderful, inspirational talk at barrow. Good luck with your next venture Donation by Mark Spedding 07/06/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done - we were very impressed! Donation by Jo and Anthony 19/05/08	£60.00 + £16.92 Gift Aid
	Very inspirational talk today. Well done for your efforts Donation by Anne Foxon 01/05/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by barb grover 28/04/08	£50.00
	Donation by J Hoyle 16/04/08	£6.00
	Fantastic effort Alastair, well done!! Donation by Sarah Allen 14/04/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£3,125.11
Offline donations:	£0.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£564.13

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