Lei Shen is fundraising for CNYTrust

Sponsorship for London Triathlon

Michelob ULTRA London Triathlon 2007

on 04/08/2007

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Raising money for

CNYTrust

Charity Registration No. 1107782

CNYTrust's mission is to facilitate the advancement of education of children and young people in rural China, in particular by assisting in the provision and improvement of facilities and resources in schools and the provision of bursaries to the school's students. CNYTrust manages and funds its own school in Hebei, China providing funding, educational resources and management advice. As a non-profit organisation our work is heavily dependent on volunteers and donations. Trustees and volunteers work for CNYTrust in their spare time and are not paid, so every donation goes directly towards helping another student get to school. All donations received by CNYTrust are used either in our CNYTrust sponsor a child scholarship fund or put towards the maintenance or development of the CNYTrust school. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you in advance both on behalf of the Trustees and children who we are supporting for making a donation.

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Lei Shen

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Raised: 93%

Target: £3,000.00
Raised so far: £2,800.00

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My story

I completed the triathlon on August 5th and I want to thank all of you for your kind donation to CNY trust and Project Hope, your generosity made my experience more meaningful and special.

When I first found out that I was in the earliest group to start (6:30am) in Sunday's triathlon, I thought about the freezing water temperature and cold morning winds. Luckily it turned out to the hottest day of the year with just a mild breeze. However, the race was not as perfect as the weather.

After a slow start in the water (I was in the last 20% of my group to leave the water), I thought my chance of beating my three-hour target was over. Although my cycling started much better, the worst fear I had worried about the whole event happened 25km into the race when my front tyre got punctured. I have only tried to replace my bike tyre once before and that attempt was so bad that I had to take my bike back to the shop to get it fixed properly. The first thing on my mind was how can I get back to Excel centre when I'm sitting 15km away on the side of the road next to Westminster. Then I thought about all the sponsorship I got from you guys and all the poor children that needed our help, so I told myself there is no way I was going to give up there. Miraculously, my second attempt to replace my tyre was a lot more successful than my first, and I was back on the road in less than five minutes. By this stage, I was very happy if I could finish my race in three and half hours. This turned out to be the turning point of my race and it got better and better for me afterwards as months of training finally paid off. I even over took tons of people on the running leg as most of the guys are completely exhausted by then and I somehow managed to keep my legs moving. I couldn’t believe my own eyes when I passed the finishing line and realised that I actually finished in less than three hours (still can't believe it now). My official time was 2:50 (Swim 0:35, Bike 1:21, Run 0:46 + transition).

	Donation by Winnie and Kenny 22/09/07	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Donation by Bachi 21/08/07	£60.00 + £16.92 Gift Aid
	Great work, Lei. Under 3hrs is no small feat. Donation by John Normand 14/08/07	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Well Done!! Donation by Chao & Liang 10/08/07	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck Donation by Zhongmin 09/08/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	good job! Donation by chichi 08/08/07	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Donation by weili 08/08/07	£50.00
	Rather you than me! Best of luck Donation by Tom & Joyce 27/07/07	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	kick some butt Donation by Hien 05/03/07	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Good luck Lei! Donation by Chuan Woei Lim 05/03/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by Michael Rutledge 05/03/07	£75.00 + £21.15 Gift Aid
	I've helped two children! Well done, Lei! Donation by david 03/03/07	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Good luck! From Nick C, Nick L, Parisa, Regis, Ipek, Dan Donation by Natural Resources 02/03/07	£85.00
	All the best of luck! Donation by Sijia 02/03/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by Liana Yang 02/03/07	£50.00
	4 hours remember!! Donation by meggyesi 02/03/07	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	This is a great idea! Good luck! Donation by Deng 02/03/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	To the Lei Shen school - Good luck and remember a hot bath is the best for aching muscles Donation by Frida and Matt 02/03/07	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Donation by Mark Chua 02/03/07	£20.00
	Donation by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou 02/03/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Great work. Will add to my MBA debt =p. Do it again in 2 years will hav more money to donate =) Donation by Mona 02/03/07	£20.00
	Sha Ye Bie Shuo Le, Juan!!! Donation by Derek 01/03/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	rock and roll Donation by mick and keff 01/03/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Its great that you are doing this Lei. Good luck! Donation by Nandita Singh 01/03/07	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Donation by Peihao 01/03/07	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Donation by Tan Chia Han 01/03/07	£35.00
	Donation by Hitman 28/02/07	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good Luck mate Donation by James H 28/02/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck Donation by Cheryl Boucher 28/02/07	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good Luck! Donation by Adam 27/02/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£1,800.00
Offline donations:	£1,000.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£434.36

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