Thanks for all your support, it means so much.
Autumn 2010 or Spring 2011 - South-west Coast Path walk (630 miles)
At
some point in late 2010 or early 2011 I will be walking all 630 miles
(that's about 1000 km) of the South West Coast Path, starting in
Minehead and finishing in Poole. I'm going to take 4 weeks to do the
walk, averaging around 25 miles a day (which will be tough).
What I've done:
10th-12th October 2009 - Coast-to-coast bike ride (140ish miles)
I cycled from Whitehaven to Sunderland, it was bloody hard and my knees still hurt a bit.
25th April 2010 - Virgin London Marathon (26.2 miles)
4 hours 45 minutes and 1 second. It was so hard, my hips hurt for a week afterwards and I got blisters on my blisters. But an unforgettable experience.
10th May 2010 - Leeds 1/2 Marathon (13.1 miles)
1 hour 48 minutes - judging by the time my body had obviously decided that this was far more manageable than the full version! Very pleased with my time, hips and toes still hurt afterwards though.
24th May 2010 - Jane Tomlinson's Hull 10K (6.2 miles)
45mins 57seconds, it was really, really, really hot.
4th July 2010 - Jane Tomlinson's Leeds 10K (6.2 miles)
46mins 20seconds
(I thought I'd also include the suggested justgiving blurb at the bottom of all this so I don't miss anything important).
Over the next few years I'm hoping to do (and be involved with) some things that'll prompt people to donate money to Jane's Appeal. I first got involved with Jane's Appeal in the summer of 2008 when I was one of the support drivers on the charity's end-to-end, John O'Groats to Land's End bike ride, I now help out with their websites and various other bits and bobs. Jane was an incredibly inspirational woman and the charity is doing some really, really good work. Check out the website for more info (www.janesappeal.com)
The things that I'm going to attempt (and will keep everyone updated with via my blog: http://ashmannblogs.wordpress.com) are listed above there might be a couple of other things that get added (a few medium-distance, 200 mile-ish walks or another bike ride or two), and as mentioned above, check my blog for updates on things. I hope you think that the various sores I will undoubtedly suffer are enough to prompt you to donate some cash to this very worthy cause.
Thanks!
Ash
This is the blurb that justgiving suggested that I use:
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