Running for a Great Cause
Page creator: Kevin Fisher
Event: Berlin Marathon
Event Date: 24th Sep 2006
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Berlin - Brandenburg Gate. The Start
About my charity : Ovarian cancer action Ovarian cancer action
Ovarian cancer action is the leading ovarian cancer charity in the UK. Ovarian cancer action funds research into ovarian cancer, raises awareness of the disease and gives a voice to women affected by it. Ovarian cancer kills 12 women a day in the UK, and survival rates are low at 30%, compared to 80% for breast cancer. We urgently need to raise £10million for the new Ovarian cancer action research centre, at Imperial College London – the UK’s first ever research facility entirely dedicated to ovarian cancer. Thanks to a large increase in research spending on breast cancer, survival rates have increased by over 20% in the last decade. Ovarian cancer action believes that, with the same input, we can make a similar impact on ovarian cancer.
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Fundraising target:  £1,000.00
Donations so far:  £ 1,291.17
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Hi!

I'm running the Berlin Marathon on the 24th September 2006.  I'm doing it to raise funds for Ovarian Cancer Action.  Everyone of us knows someone affected by this awful bloody disease - here's someone you all might know.  My favourite comedian. 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2063040,00.html

Sure, there are others.  Too many.  So, I thought I'd do my bit.

If you want to see how much I am hurting, you can find my BLOG at

www.berlinforcharity.blogspot.com.  I update it every Sunday.

In the meantime, thanks for visiting my fundraising page. You know, it has never been easier to sponsor my insanity and now you can do it online.

I've done this Marathon before - 20 years ago - when the wall was still there, so the course this time should be a bit more varied! I was 19Kg lighter then and obsessive and compulsive about my running.  I completed it then in 3hours 20 minutes and hope to do this one in 4 hours (originally, 30 minutes more, but I was bouyed up by my Exeter performance in April - 2 hours for the half-marathon on a murderously hilly course).  Last time I trained hard for the marathon and breezed in having run way under my capabilities (I was over-cautious about a different sort of wall). This time, though I've trained just as hard, I'm thinking of booking a stretcher for the finish line.

I'm in training, 4 mornings a week, including a long run on a Saturday with 2 rest days and a swim on a Sunday.  It's been good to see the Spring and the lighter mornings after such a wet, dark, lonely winter.  I'm funding this trip myself and I've bought the flights and hotel room already so I'm totally commited.

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Ovarian cancer action will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.  Or you can just give me the money and I'll register your name on the website, using my credit card (we can't reclaim the tax though).  Or you can give a cheque and I'll donate it direct to the Charity on your behalf.  And the charity can reclaim the tax themselves. 

If you like targets, you might be interested in the time I've set myself and consider giving  a bonus if I come in under 4 hours. It's a stretching target for a bloke who hasn't run for 20 years!!  Many thanks for your support!  Please pass this to a few folk who know me/you/both of us.  You can also contact Ovarian Cancer Action via www.ovarian.org.uk  and at info@ovarian.org.uk. 

Or you can contact me cedere@btinternet.com. 

Thanks!!

 Kevin

 
Display Name Date Amount Tax Bonus  Comment
vaughanny 20/11/2006 £10.00 £2.82  
Boz 29/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Despite the pathetic excuse of being in the wrong block!!!?? well done, great effort 
Sab Jhooti 27/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Congratulations sir - great effort and a good time 
hamster killer 22/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82 go for it! I'm sure hammy will be on your shoulder 
Synchroni Ltd 22/09/2006 £100.00 n/a Well done and all the very best Kevin! 
Chris 22/09/2006 £19.99 £5.64 Run, Kenny. Run. 
Eleanor 19/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Best Wishes 
Simon 19/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Das Laufen ist wie Musik. Es ist eine persönliche Sache. Neg Head! 
Helen Garrahan 18/09/2006 £5.00 £1.41 Goodluck 
Mark Barry 17/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64  
Toby Maxwell-Lyte 09/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82 All the best Kevin, I've enjoyed reading the blog and really hope you do it! 
Lilly Haines-Gadd 08/09/2006 £30.00 £8.46 Good luck!  
bruce Morris 29/08/2006 £50.00 n/a best of luck kevin, we are with you all the way 
Crispy Procter 20/07/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck! MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU! 
Jo Green 18/07/2006 £20.00 n/a Run like the wind 
John 11/07/2006 £10.00 £2.82 You can do it! 
Jayne 11/07/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Well done Kevin 
Jason Brand 10/07/2006 £20.00 £5.64  
Helen Murdoch 10/07/2006 £50.00 £14.10  
Amy Williams-Allden 26/06/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Wishing you the best of luck! 
Gareth Browning 19/06/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck Kevin!!  
Louise Bartlett 11/05/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck! 
Mark Barry 03/05/2006 £20.00 £5.64  
Lily Dyu 21/04/2006 £26.20 £7.39 Good on you for taking on this challenge! All the best for a perfect day, fantastic run and a PB.  
Daniel Mays 06/04/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck Kevin. Hope it all goes well.  
Grant 30/03/2006 £10.00 £2.82 enjoy 
Richard Kitchen 30/03/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Best of Luck! 
Diane Batchelor 23/03/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck. Rather you than me! 
Avril Beynon 23/03/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Keep up the good work! 
Jacqui 22/03/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck! Break a leg and wear something pink! 
Kay John 22/03/2006 £5.00 £1.41 Well Done 
James Perrott 22/03/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck ol' boy 
James Buchanan 22/03/2006 £10.00 £2.82 I'm very impressed with all this running - best of luck in Berlin! 
Select Speakers Ltd 22/03/2006 £20.00 n/a Hope the leg's don't hurt too much 
Andrew Burrows 22/03/2006 £30.00 £8.46 As Geoff said "JFDI" and stop inflicting your pain onto us! 
Antony Hurden 15/03/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck, Kevin, and very best wishes 
Yvonne James 07/03/2006 £20.00 £5.64  
Sharon Baker 22/02/2006 £10.00 n/a Good luck! 
Julie Palmer 09/02/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Good Cause, make sure you finish the race! 
Mike Palmer 01/02/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Hi Kev.Hope this isn't some kind of elaborate money making scam! What about that pint you owe me? 
Penny Woodman 31/01/2006 £10.00 £2.82 great admiration kevin 
Helene G 31/01/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Go for it Kevin, I'm very impressed and inspired. Well done 
Martin Hill-Jones 30/01/2006 £5.00 £1.41 Donated by Kevin on behalf of Martin because he's afraid of the web 
Ian Bowden 30/01/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck. It should be fun training over summer instead of London Marathon's winter joggers. 
Gorgeous at fifty 27/01/2006 £20.00 £5.64 You really only deserve 50p  
Graham Pritchard 25/01/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Keep your chin up and put one foot in front of the other - it will be all over before you know it  
David Bennet 19/01/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck Kevin! 
Boz 19/01/2006 £50.00 £14.10 Kev its a pretty pathetic target, what about sub 4hrs? Enjoy...  
Geoff 16/01/2006 £20.00 £5.64 JFDI 
Ben 16/01/2006 £2.00 £0.56 Dad, very proud! But they better find a cure for ovarian cancer or i want my money back! 
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*Total donated online: £923.19
Total Gift Aid reclaimed: £203.98
Amount raised offline: £164.00
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