<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Its done! Both myself and Pinky have successfully completed the marathon last weekend in Milan. It was very wet but we both finished in 4 hours 30 mins. Pinky completed his first marathon with a strong finish and a negative split - completing the second half of the marathon much faster then the first half. Awesome tekkers.</span></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">We are still raising cash so please give what you can!</span></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Inspired by the efforts of PeopleRun&nbsp;<a href="http://peoplerun.net/">http://peoplerun.net/</a>&nbsp;I'm going to run the Milan Marathon on the 15th April 2012.</p> <p>PeopleRun is a collective of runners raising funds for the Naomi House Childrens Hospice.</p> <p>In one year this motivated bunch of mis fits has raised just short of &pound;3,000 by running a selection of races through out the country.I want to the help them smash their &pound;5,000 target.</p> <p>I've pledged to raise a further &pound;1,000 for Naomi House by running the Milan Marathon in April 2012.</p> <p>Please take a minute to check out their website&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.naomihouse.org.uk/">http://www.naomihouse.org.uk/</a>&nbsp;and learn a little more about this exceptional charity.</p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. 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>Get involved !</p>