<p><span style="color: #000000;">Hello to all family, friends and general well-wishers!</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Firstly, thank you for taking the time to visit this page. I plan to use this as my fundraising portal to keep in touch with fundraising and most importantly, how I'm doing against my target of &pound;2,000. </span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Any contribution, no matter of its size, will be greatly appreciated towards helping me to reach my target. I fully appreciate that I have a somewhat monumental task in terms of fundraising and fitness in order to reach my milestones but I am confident that with your help I can reach both of my goals, raising a significant sum for a fantastic cause in the process.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">I have chosen to run for is St. Raphael's Hospice; a local Hospice based in Cheam that provides medical and nursing care to patients suffering from cancer or other serious illnesses; as well as support to thier familes during these difficult times. It is a charity close to my heart after a family friend was cared for at St Raphael's recently. I can assure you that your donations are going to a fantastic cause, and I very much appreciate St. Raphael's allowing me to run in their honour. (For more information, please don't hesitate to visit their website:&nbsp;<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="http://www.straphaelshospice.org.uk/">http://www.straphaelshospice.org.uk/</a>)</p> <p>Physically, I make a promise here and now to get fitter! I plan to break the 4 hour mark on the day and have been training three times a week with my athletics club with this goal in mind.</p> <p>I have used JustGiving largely for the Gift Aid element. Please select this if you are kind enough to donate and an extra percentage will be added to your donation from the government to my fundraising balance <span style="text-decoration: underline;">at no extra charge to yourself</span> - so please don't forget to select Gift Aid when donating! The JustGiving website also provides the following guarantee:</p> <p>"Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity."</p> <p>Which I'm sure you will agree, all sounds wonderful! So I'm going to get training - 26.4 miles, &pound;2,000 and some blood, sweat and tears to the finish line. Better get my trainers and short shorts on then!</p> <p>Thank you for supporting such a good cause.</p> <p>Cheers!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chris</p>