Howard Mayson is fundraising for CARE International UK

Howard Mayson's Fundraising Page

Long - London - Leadville

on 11/07/2009

End of last year's T2T2T - still alive!

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Raising money for

CARE International UK

Charity Registration No. 292506

CARE International is a global humanitarian organisation working with over 45 million disadvantaged people in 70 of the world's poorest countries. Whether supporting primary health care, promoting sustainable agriculture or developing savings and loan schemes, its programmes promote positive and lasting change and reduce long-term dependency. CARE also provides emergency food and shelter to survivors of natural disasters, wars and conflicts.

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Howard Mayson

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Raised: 122%

Target: £5,000.00
Raised so far: £6,119.00

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My story

Thanks for visiting my fundraising page.

My 2009 challenge to support CARE International is "Long, London & Leadville"!

Long: In January I will return to do the 80 mile "Town to Tring to Town" (T2T2T) for the second time ( http://www.tring2town.com/ ). This race goes from the Town of London to Tring 40 miles away and then returns the following day. I have last year's time of 18.5 hours as a target to meet and then beat.

London: In April I am signed up for my 5th London Marathon. Always a great and varied experience and will be running with the CARE Team.

Leadville: In July I will attempt the Leadville Marathon in less than the 8 hour cut-off time. This 26 mile race takes a fairly circuitous route that goes up and down a fair bit to eventually reach the top of the notorious Mosquito Pass. This is at an elevation of 13,188 ft. and is a high mountain pass in the Mosquito Range in Colorado. The total elevation gain is 6000 ft and the route is an out an back race on rough terrain. The one way profile is shown in the attached for those with a sense of humour: http://www.nyx.net/~mwallace/LT_files/Marathon/Marathon_files/marapro.jpg

So I think you will agree I have laid out a challenging combination of experiences that will take me a little over 200km and keep me on my feet for some 30 hours in total while supporting CARE International.

I first came across CARE in Africa ( http://www.careinternational.org.uk ) when I was working Angola/Southern Africa a decade ago and was really impressed with what they do. CARE is a great charity doing terrific work and this is the 5th year I have run for them.

Please sponsor me now!

I really appreciate you visiting my fundraising page and hope you will be willing to make a donation to help spur me along!

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. All currencies are gratefully received and it is merely a quirk of the website that it is set up in £ Sterling (n.b. 1£ is circa US$1.50).

This website is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: CARE International gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.

Many thanks for your support!

Howard

	Donation by Anonymous 28/07/09
	Soooooooooo impressive! Amazing that your knees can take all the abuses! Congratulations on your accomplishment. Donation by Charlene Chuang 14/07/09
	Howard congratulations in this great achievement. Victor Donation by Victor Vega 14/07/09
	Howard: Congratulations on the determination to continue to compete in these gruelling events. Donation by Rebecca Spearot 13/07/09
	best wishes Donation by barry cohn 13/07/09
	Wow! Can't even imagine the physical and mental effort to accomplish something like this. You go HJM. Si se puede, si se puede! Donation by Alma Del Toro 13/07/09
	Donation by Anonymous 13/07/09
	Congratulations on the L, L, and L Howard. Awesome accomplishment! Donation by David and Susan Starr/Szabo 13/07/09
	Great work, Howard! Donation by James Chesher 13/07/09
	Great work, very inspiring! Donation by Ruth Bridgewood 28/05/09
	Best of luck! Donation by Catherine Witt 14/04/09
	This is actually your VPP from T2T2T, rounded up a bit for London Donation by Graham Stewart 09/04/09
	Tremendous effort - well done Howard. Donation by Alan McInnes 12/03/09
	Well done Howard - what's the next challenge going to be?! Donation by Nicki Adams 16/02/09
	Well done! amazing! Donation by Didier 11/02/09
	An inspiration to us old guys.. not saying you are old!! Definitely not TOO old! Donation by Mike Short 11/02/09
	Well done on Tring...Welsh 3000 here we come....perhaps???? Donation by Chris 09/02/09
	Howard, great going! Donation by Ahmed 09/02/09
	Awesome. Donation by Ellis 07/02/09
	You're an inspiration!!! Donation by Tim Holt 05/02/09
	actual CIP of 8.6% vs. a double sponsorship trigger point of 10%, I'll include a +1.4% adjustmnet for extreme weather ;-) a job well done. Donation by M-J Hey 04/02/09
	Amazing Howard, amazing. Running two such tough events with a marathon in the middle requires deep strength is truly inspiring. Well done Donation by Miles 03/02/09
	Run, Howard, Run! Donation by Jerry Bradley 02/02/09
	I know why you do it, but I don't know how you do it. Congratulations from a late sponsorer. Donation by Anne Drinkwater 02/02/09
	Congrats and way to go! Donation by Tomeka McLeod 02/02/09
	I'm impressed! Donation by Kaz Walker 02/02/09
	Donation by anonymous 02/02/09
	all the best Donation by Barbara Yilmaz 22/01/09
	Donation by Anon 20/01/09
	Way to go Howard, keep on running! Donation by Anne Shaw 16/01/09

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Gift Aid plus supplement:	£754.21

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