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Welcome to my Fundraising page. I have broken this down into 3 sections. 1st to tell you about me and how I got here. 2nd About the events I am running. 3rd The Charity and fundraising target.
About me. I am Anthony Davis. I am 32 years old. When I was 21 I was in a job that involved a lot of sitting around, that combined with fast food, beer and fags soon saw my weight creeping up to almost 16 stone as you can imagine I was extremely unfit. It was at this pointI decided to put my trainers on and start running. It all started with struggling to reach the end of the road without being out of breath, I stuck with it and before I knew it I was up to 3 miles a day. The weight started to move and soon i'd lost 5 stone, no beer, fastfood or fags I felt great! The better I felt the more I ran. A year soon passed and I was running about 80 miles a week. I decided to enter the London marathon for the first time in 2002.
Eleven years later this brings me to today, I' ve now run 5 marathons, my best time of 3 hours and 01 minute, I hoping to smash this in 2009 my goal is to come in under the three hour mark.
I have now started to train for ultra marathons and me being me have decided to do the Marathon Des Sables. (The toughest foot race in the world). It is a 6 day race,151 miles in the Sahara Desert with temperatures of around 50 degrees celsius. My training programme will put me up to 100-110 miles a week .
The events. When you sponsor me you will not just be sponsoring the Marathon Des Sables although this is the main event ( Awating confirmation ) I will be running a number of different events up to 2010. Listed below are the events in date order:
Barry 40 miler ( 161 times around track ) www.lescroupiersrunningclub.org.uk/barry40
Jurassic Coast to Coast Ultra 2009 3 marathons in 3 days http://www.votwo.co.uk/votwo2007/events-and-adventure/race_view.php?i=71
London Marathon 2009 Target Sub 3 hrs
Marlborough Downs 33 mile Challenge http://www.marlboroughrunningclub.co.uk/downchallenge.shtm
Ridgeway Challenge 85 mile. http://www.tra-uk.org/ridgeway_challenge.php
Atlantic Coast to Coast 3 marathons in 3 Days http://www.votwo.co.uk/votwo2007/events-and-adventure/race_view.php?i=73
Cardiff Half 2009
Reading Half 2010
London Marathon 2010
MARATHON DES SABLES 2010 ( Awating confirmation )
I will be doing other races but these are the most significant ones.
The Charity. I have decided to run for The Children Society for a number of reasons, I'm a very able bodied man and have been given a gift that at anytime I can put my trainers on and hit the road. I am free to do this without much consideration. I believe that everyone should have equal opportunties in life. As I have a vision and goal I believe that children should also have the chance to reach their vision and their goals. The money I raise will help to do this.
I would like to thank moti, The new running store on Albany Road Cardiff for their support and for suppling the gear and advice required for my running. For the online store please visit www.mymoti.com
Also would lke to thank Ryan at Esporta Health Club Cardiff for use of the club whenever neeeded. www.esporta.com
Please please please email,phone, text or carrier pigeon this page to your friends and family. I would love to create a snowball effect and get this out to as many people as possible.
If you would like to talk about corporate sponsorship please email me on anthonydavis3001@yahoo.co.uk
My Personal Training Website
Running Website.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this.
Just to let you know that all money goes to The Childern Society and not Mencap that there is a small reference to.
