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Final words - The Day After The Day Before

April 13th has been and gone - what will we do with ourselves? We both got round but in different ways.  Simon started off with Mr Tickle and the 12ft Iron Man on either side of him (leaving them fairly quickly!) - and Jon a couple of miles away in Blackheath.  The rain came, the sleet, the hail and the sun....and the crowds and the noise.  There were plenty of ups and downs for both of us - but the bottom line was we made it to the Mall, and crossed the famous line - Simon in 4:24, Jon in 4:47.  The wall smashed Jon up at Mile 14 - which has prevented him walking still properly 3 days later.  Simon missed his time because of Mr Tickle.  It felt like we were part of something massive, because we were.  And we've applied for 2009.  Thanks to you all - it's been a journey! 

Update 17 March - thanks to everyone for helping us smash through the £1800 fundraising target.  I then raised it to £2000, and we went through that, so if you're here thinking about sponsoring us, then please help us climb even higher.  As far as training goes, we've now both completed 16mile and 18mile traning runs.  Yesterday we both ran the Hastings Half Marathon and clocked new personal bests for the distance (Jon 1:42, Simon 1:48).  4 weeks to the big one!

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It seemed like such a good idea at the time to enter the London Marathon but Simon ended up without a place through the ballot, and was entered onto a waiting list for the Samaritans Marathon team.  At the end of February, with just a few weeks to go, Simon got the call he was in - adrenaline, panic and a dose of hysterics about how they could raise the £1800 commitment to Samaritans.

And that's where our friends, family, work colleagues, friends of friends, friends of family, Facebook friends and anyone else who has ever encountered us come in - by lending us your support and credit card details to get us round the 26.2 miles and help us support Samaritans work.   For those of you interested in the choice of Samaritans, Simon has been working/volunteering as a Sam for around 6 months now so knows first hand how welcome the money will be as they receive no funding from the government, local authorities or NHS etc.  It costs Samaritans around 50p every time they answer the phone.....

So, whatever you can, please support us - who knows where this target could end up??

Many many thanks

Simon & Jon

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Donations 116

Here it is again... with the tax relief this time! Well done... what an achievement!

Donation by Ros on 12/05/08

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

I'm impressed and proud of you

Donation by 'Aunty Les' on 24/04/08

£10.00

Keep up the good work! I wish you all the successes

Donation by Raymond Chua on 22/04/08

£10.00

What an achievement to look back on, this is one set of footsteps I don't intend to follow.

Donation by Sue on 17/04/08

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done lads. Very impressive. Same again next year!?

Donation by Kevin Shute on 16/04/08

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done Simon, all for such a great cause too.

Donation by Rosanna on 14/04/08

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

Nice one Jon. Impressive after the amount of guiness you drink!

Donation by fathands on 14/04/08

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck!! I'm Gerard's partner by the way... :-)

Donation by David J on 13/04/08

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

good luck!

Donation by Saul on 13/04/08

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Simon, I've very pround of you! But a little worried with what you will get us doing next! Jon.

Donation by Jonathan on 12/04/08

£75.00

+ £21.15 Gift Aid

Donation by Mat and the North on 12/04/08

£85.00

+ £23.97 Gift Aid

Have fun!

Donation by Anoushka on 12/04/08

£5.00

+ £1.41 Gift Aid

Good luck - weather's looking good for running :)

Donation by ChristopherBrown on 11/04/08

£15.00

+ £4.23 Gift Aid

And I'll buy you both a pint if you can ever get Simon up North!

Donation by Claire Souter on 10/04/08

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck - rather you than me - I will look for you on the telly from the comfort of the couch!!

Donation by Claire Molloy on 10/04/08

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

see you at the start...!

Donation by Andrew Watson on 09/04/08

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

What a fantastic effort boys. Will be there to cheer you on.

Donation by Joe Murray on 09/04/08

£30.00

+ £8.46 Gift Aid

Donation by adam hough on 08/04/08

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck lads, we'll see if we can find a website to look out for you!

Donation by Nick & Mel on 08/04/08

£40.00

Good luck boys!!!

Donation by Dylan Williams on 07/04/08

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

I'll be drinking Guinness at the 17 mile marker. Make sure you wear the fairy wings!

Donation by Dave Haste on 07/04/08

£26.00

+ £7.33 Gift Aid

Best of luck and hope you enjoy the experience

Donation by Charles Brook on 07/04/08

£30.00

after you're done, take a recovery run round to see us, I'll get a big cake in. lots of luck & love xxx

Donation by Ann & James on 05/04/08

£100.00

+ £28.21 Gift Aid

sorry it's not more! Good luck, I'll be watching xx

Donation by karen durdan on 04/04/08

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 04/04/08

£40.00

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£3,524.00
  • Offline donations£235.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£3,759.00
  • Gift Aid£806.38

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