A huge, huge thank you to you all for supporting and encouraging me through this challenge. Your support has been fantastic and I'm so pleased we have raised so much money together.
I successfully completed the 85 mile Ridgeway race in 17 hours and 15 minutes.
My result was:
1st place Male Veteran aged 45-50.
1st place UK Trail Running Championships - 1st Man over 45.
5th place overall.
4th man overall.
And a great big thank you to my brilliant support team Daniel and Papu.
For latest news & live race commentary this Saturday visit: twitter.com/UltraAndy
Welcome and thank you for visiting my fundraising page.
Grandad John is my dad and grandad to Ellie, Eashani, Jai and Isabella. He's got it a bit unlucky in recent years and has a mix of Parkinsons, Lewy body dementia and Osteoporosis.
We're raising funds for the North Staffordshire branch of 'The Parkinson's Disease Society' which covers the area where grandad John lives and is a great support for the family. The PDS is funded entirely by voluntary donations and is a really great cause, so please sponsor me today! With your support we can, for example, raise the £150 that funds an invaluable Parkinson's Disease Nurse Specialist for a day. It is an honour to try and raise money and run for this charity, for grandad John and for all other Parkinson's sufferers. So thank you for your generosity.
The Ridgeway Challenge is an ultra running race along the 87 mile long Ridgeway National Trail. The route runs along a 5000 year old trackway ("Britains oldest road") through the Chiltern Hills and North Wessex Downs with 9,000 feet of ascent. Starting on the top of Ivinghoe Beacon and finishing in Avebury this is the same route used since prehistoric times by travellers, herdsmen and soldiers.
This is a non-stop race that starts at 12 noon on Saturday 29th August, I'll run through the night and finish some time on Sunday. I've never done anything like this before and it's going to be a real challenge just to complete the race in one piece. Please wish me luck!
You can keep an eye on how my training is going by following me on twitter.
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Raised:
133%
Raised so far: £1,000.00
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Well done Andy - fantastic achievement! Donation by Dani steel on 08/11/09 |
£26.50 |
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What a fantastic achievement, Andy, and well done for raising so much for Parkinsons Disease. Donation by Kate and Martin on 13/09/09 |
£8.50 + £2.40 Gift Aid |
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well done andy. Donation by catherine george-samuels on 03/09/09 |
£5.00 |
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Well done, Andy. A fantastic result! Donation by anonymous on 31/08/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Donation by I Linney on 31/08/09 |
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Fantastic Andy! Donation by Pip, Nige, Zeb, jacob and Meghan on 30/08/09 |
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid |
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i'm full of profound admiration And delighted to make a donation. Donation by Lizzie B, on 29/08/09 |
£25.00 |
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Go Andy Go! We will be thinking of you. Good luck. From Harsukh. Mina, Sachin & Bhavin. xx Donation by mina bhatt on 29/08/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Go! Go! Go! Donation by Sarah, Keith & Kaitlyn on 28/08/09 |
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid |
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Hi Andy, good luck with the race, we'll be thinking of you (well, perhaps not during the night!!). Best of luck from Elaine, Craig and the boys xxx Donation by Elaine Hindal on 26/08/09 |
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid |
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Good Luck Donation by Stephen Foster on 26/08/09 |
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Go Boy Go!! Flipping ech Andy, 8.5 miles is reasonable but x 10 is insane! Fantastic reason though - very best of luck and enjoy. Donation by Roy Gladwin on 26/08/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Good Luck Andy, rather you than me!!! Really good cause Donation by Dave Dawson on 25/08/09 |
£55.00 + £15.51 Gift Aid |
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Good luck cousin! You are making my 10K runs look like a little "warm up". Enjoy your race...what a good cause! Donation by Kathryn Stull Mathias on 24/08/09 |
£50.00 |
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85 miles in a day is amazing. Good luck Andy! Donation by Martin on 23/08/09 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Dave, Janet, Billy and Edward are all behind you Andy, way, way behind you! All the very best from Sheffield. Donation by David Illingworth on 19/08/09 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Best wishes from across the pond! Donation by Shelagh and Gene on 18/08/09 |
£25.00 |
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Andy, we're all behind you and this monumental effort for a more-than-worthy cause Donation by All the Corcoran's at 14 on 16/08/09 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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good luck Mr fit. Donation by Moray Watson on 16/08/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Donation by The Hesketh Family on 12/08/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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An amazing challenge Andy. We will be thinking of you as you start your run and all the way through. May you feel as light as a feather all the way. Donation by Frances and Craig Kirkland on 11/08/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Hi Andy 85 miles? You must be joking Many congratulations for even attempting it! Wishing you very best of luck - and a speedy recovery.... Donation by norman whitwood on 11/08/09 |
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid |
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Good luck with the training, Andy! Nik told me you were doing this. Do people really run that far?! Donation by Jane Coutanche on 07/08/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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You mad man !!. Great cause and what an achievement WHEN you cross the finish line xxx Donation by Susie ORiley on 04/08/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Well done mate. Anything over 26.2 miles brings tears to my eyes! Donation by Jack Brooks on 30/07/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
| * Total raised online: | £935.00 |
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| Offline donations: | £65.00 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £1,000.00 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £226.63 |
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