Updated on May 3rd 2012 at 8:17 PM from the JustGiving API

myself and Nathan are largely recovered from the 22nd April marathon. the hard part now us running around getting the rest of the pledged monies for our chosen charity. i hope some of you can spare at least the minimum on line donation of £2. even little bit helps.

<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. 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><span style="color: #ff0000;">24/11/11. (dougie) <span style="color: #000000;">2011 MARATHON WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE LAST LONDON I WOULD BE GETTING INVOLVED IN. BUT I'M NOW JOINING NATHAN NEXT APRIL THE 22ND FOR HIS 1ST ATTEMPT AT A MARATHON. HE IS RUNNING IN MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">FRANCES SPALL , (my wife susan's sister).</span> </strong> PLEASE SUPPORT NATHAN'S ATTEMPT BY CONTACTING AND SPONSORING US BOTH TO KEEP US ON TARGET. TEAM EFFORT IS ALWAYS A GOOD WAY OF NUDGING SOMEONE OUT THE DOOR DURING THOSE COLD/WET WINTER MONTHS. leave a donation and a supporting message. tyvm dougie and nathan. </span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">09/12/11 to those that have not heard yet, i got a place to run with the <span style="color: #0000ff;">olympic torch </span>next july. </span></span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">well not a bad start to the fund raising so far. nice donation amount there from <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>steve karia </strong></span>!! although beating 4hrs will be a tough task for nathan's 1st marathon, i reckon &pound;10 per minute under 4hrs would be a good incentive for me and nathan. anyone want to take up on the offer ? i've never run under 4hrs (i'm an old man now) so you could say that it is safe money :-) a teasing offer may see 1 of us crack the 4hr though. <span style="color: #ff0000;">3rd jan 2012 <span style="color: #000000;">happy new yr to you all. i've just entered an event for may 12/13th, <a href="http://www.london2brighton.com">www.london2brighton.com</a> its a run from richmond park from saturday and you have until sunday to arrive. lets hope this run training for the london helps me out some. can i get nathan on it? who knows. maybe someone can offer him some dollars , haha. (dougie,0.) </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #ff0000;">24/3/2012 <span style="color: #000000;">well the training seems to be going well with nathan and also myself so far. nathan has told me he has been getting up to 16/7 miles on a long run so far. my self having done several 15 to 18 mile runs now also and covering approx 43/5 miles per week now for the last 5 weeks. throw in the odd bike ride and a swim to not over cook the books on the feet also. today i visited friends 'jackie and dave cobell in tonbridge. jackie loves the cold water swimming throughout the year. she managed to talk me into a swim across and back of the quarry, in the fields behind her house. the temperature was about 9 or 11 degrees approx most likely, and a very nice (lol) experience of what i used to get up to on my english channel swim training. something very rewarding about swimming in cold open water and feeling free. </span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>