We Did It!!! 16 hours and 46 minutes. This is just a quickie, more to follow later. Thanks so much for your generosity - it was just what we needed when the going got tough! 4 women. 1 team. 45 miles. 1 day. What does it mean? The four women are: (from left on photo) - Sue McDonagh, Dawn Lee, Karen (Captain K) Ingram and Paula Wooding, and we are The Team. We're taking part in the Four Inns Race across the Pennines from Holmbridge to Buxton, a total distance of 45 miles - to be walked in a single day - Saturday 31st March 2007. Yes, you read that correctly - WALKED! But not just any old walking - we are Nordic Walking! Karen and Paula run Barefoot Studio, and as part of their many talents are Nordic Walking Instructors, a fantastic exercise which not only takes advantage of the wonderful outdoors but uses almost your whole body to do so - using Nordic Walking Poles is low impact and relieves your joints of about 30% of the stress impact of walking, and as a bonus uses up about 40% more calories than ordinary pole-less walking. It's also faster, gives you stability on the variety of terrain we'll be covering, and aids both climbs and descents. It's a huge challenge, and we are taking 6 months to prepare for it. Strength and cardiovascular training together with progressively longer and more arduous walks are to be teamed with micro navigation skills which we can also carry out in the dark, as the event will begin at about 4am, and will continue into the dark of the evening. We expect to finish in 14 hours ( I'm hoping to revise that time as our training progresses). We chose MacMillans as we're all practical girls and truly believe in the effectiveness of the charity. Also Sue is a cancer survivor (and had a replacement hip 2 years ago - she's bionic really, but still expects to be pulled up the hills by the other 3), and all 4 of us have lost someone dear to cancer. Other than that, we are ordinary lasses trying to combine running our businesses, families and lives with throwing ourselves into a training programme to enable us to raise a target of £45,000 - a thousand pounds a mile. Please support us - thank you all so much for your kindness! You can keep up with our progress on the team blog: barefoot-studio.blogspot.com Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. Please dig deep and sponsor me online.
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Raised so far: £4,046.00
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Well done En, La, Dawn & Sue. I love this excercise by proxy lark.xxxxx Donation by Them Next Door on 16/05/07 |
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Looks like great fun and all in a good cause too - congratulations! Donation by Rose Bell on 03/05/07 |
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A belated donation - an impressive 'feet' - hope any blisters have healed! Donation by Jenny K on 01/05/07 |
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Are You Glad It's Over Donation by James, Ron & Brenda Ingram on 04/04/07 |
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Da iawn chi! Donation by Gethin a Sarah on 02/04/07 |
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Best of Luck ....Paula we are all thinking of you Donation by allison on 02/04/07 |
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Well Done ! Proud of you Donation by Nanna Betty on 01/04/07 |
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Well done from Spain Donation by Wendy & George on 01/04/07 |
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Awesome - well done. Very Proud Donation by Ben & Ann on 01/04/07 |
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Good luck girlies. Don't get lost! dont forget your " he shes wee shes" Donation by Nicola, Martin, Jack, Emily * Michael on 30/03/07 |
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Good luck Sue, and you other mad fools. Donation by Art Matters Gallery, Tenby on 29/03/07 |
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Go for it! Good Luck! Donation by Danielle & Marc on 29/03/07 |
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Good Luck! You can do it! Donation by Sherrie & Richard on 29/03/07 |
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'Climb every mountain, ford every........' Donation by Vic & Ted on 28/03/07 |
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Good luck Dawn & Girls Donation by Glenys on 28/03/07 |
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Go Dawn Go Girls, Pull her if she falls down! Donation by Stewart & Ria on 28/03/07 |
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You're all amazing - I know you can do it - enjoy it Donation by nickyfoster on 27/03/07 |
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Dawn and the rest of the girls sending yo uso much luck from Karen, Eric, Lucy & Harry Donation by Karen Milner on 26/03/07 |
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Bestest of luck Dawn and the girls - look forward to the stories on your return. Donation by Kris Coomar on 23/03/07 |
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Go for it Girls! Good Luck! Donation by Andrew & Natalie McDonagh on 22/03/07 |
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Good Luck Dawn! Good Luck to all of you Donation by Bernie on 21/03/07 |
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go girls go - you are awesome :-) Donation by Helen Terry iLove2Move on 19/03/07 |
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Wishing you well for your exciting challenge. Go for it girls! Donation by Rob and Lynn Ingram on 18/03/07 |
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Good Luck. We know you can all do it. Donation by David and Jacqualine Ingram on 14/03/07 |
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Go Karen, Paula & girls. We wish you lots of great steps & joy from snowy Colorado. Donation by JoannaRu8 on 14/03/07 |
£150.00 + £42.31 Gift Aid |
| * Total raised online: | £1,195.00 |
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| Offline donations: | £2,851.00 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £4,046.00 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £243.97 |
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