Hello all, thanks for visiting my fundraising page!
On the 26th April 09 I will be running all 26.2 exhausting miles in the London Marathon to raise money for the Samaritans.
The Samaritans provided support to a very close family member of mine over the last few years and I have some fab mates who vounteer for them so a very worthy charity. The service is offered by 17,000 trained volunteers and is entirely dependent on voluntary support and therefore they rely heavily on lovely people like you and me fundraising and donating lots of lovely money!
My aim is to raise a massive £2000 - that means if 200 people donated a tenner i'd be there, could you be one of those lucky 200 people who get to feel all warm and fuzzy inside by supporting me running 42,164.8128 meters?!?! yes you can! Please dig deep and donate as many pounds and pennies as you can.
I know there will be lots of people asking for sponsorship, but even a few pounds spared is greatly appreciated and will help me on my way to reach my target.
Donating is very simple and and the Smaritians will receive your donation faster than by other means. If you are a UK taxpayer then an extra 28% will be added at no extra cost to you, yay! :)
So please please please sponsor me!
Many thanks for your support
Love Sarah :)
Update 26.03.09 - Thanks to everyone who has supported events to raise money offline especially the Easter bake off and the Quiz/DJ night. Special thanks to Laura Spear and Ben Parish for all their help, big kiss! Reading half marathon next this Sunday!
Update 07.04.09 - just under 3 weeks to go! Yikes! Finished the Reading half marathon in a good time and feeling excited/scared about the big day, one more reasonably long run over the easter weekend and then a nice bit of tapering:)
Update 18.04.09 - Just over 1 week left to the big day - I have raised just over my £2000 target which is fantastic - thanks to everyone who has supported me over the last 20 weeks or so, I promise to not bug you for money until the next one.....he he :)
Final update - I completed the marathon in 3hours, 54mins and 33secs and depsite it being very hard and very warm it was an amazing experience. Thanks everyone for your support xx
