UPDATE: The day of the race. What a day - all seven of us ran our hearts out, six personal bests, and the first (and last )appearance of Wonderwoman at Brooklands!
Hannah and Daniel set the tone with great performances in the Fun Run, Daniel coming in 4th! Then the 10k, where everyone got round in good times, not least Sam who looks like having an official time of around 48mins. Mum and Mandy supported, and now we're on tenterhooks waiting for the confirmed times. Wonderwoman caused a stir in the warmup session, but once the race started, I could put my red race down to effort, not embarrasment.
Thanks to everyone who has donated so far, but we're still a bit short of the target. Please help if you can, every penny will go to a great cause.
UPDATE: Mark's esteemed colleagues have thrown down a spandex gauntlet, and challenged me to run in a Superhero outfit. Wonderwoman is the current favourite! I'm going to need a bit more encouragement, but if enough people egg me on I'll do it. The best way to egg me on is to donate......
Before our father and grandfather Mike Greenwood died last year, he asked us to continue raising money for two charities he worked with. How could we refuse? So, we've thrown down the gauntlet to the whole family to take part in the annual 10k run at Brooklands on Sunday 28 March.
Helen, Toby, Hannah and Daniel, Anne, Mark
and Sam are all in deep training for this event. We’re hoping you can help us
raise money for the Jubilee Sailing Trust.
The Jubilee Sailing Trust owns and operates Lord Nelson and Tenacious, the only
two tall ships in the world designed and built to enable people of all physical
abilities to sail side-by-side as equals. Dad helped build Tenacious and crewed
on a voyage to the Canaries, where he saw how much people of all abilities
benefited from the experience.
Last year Dad asked us to raise £1000 for the JST 800 Challenge. Thanks to many people, we hit that target. So this year, with your help, we hope to hit the target again.
Please would you sponsor us?
Brooklands is the perfect place to do a run in Dad's memory, as he knew
Brooklands in its heyday of Bentley Blowers and Brough Superiors. We’re looking
forward to the day with various degrees of trepidation, but we all promise to
run our hardest. The older runners will do the full 10k and the under 15s will
do the 3k race.
We’re also raising money for the Raven Trust. You can donate to them too, if
you want! Go to:
www.justgiving.com/mikegreenwoodraven
Donating through JustGiving
is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving –
they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll
send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on
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donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
So please dig deep and donate now.
