Hello

A massive thanks to all those who have encouraged, supported or sponsored me so far for my London Marathon run on Sunday!

It was a fantastic experience, the support from the crowds along the whole 26 mile route helped no end, there was great entertainment along the way! The streets were alive with cheering, sound systems set up on balcony's, DJ's in bus stops, full brass bands in lay-bys, rock bands outside social clubs, pub singers, entertainers and comedians on street corners! As well as a few ice cream vans which were my biggest temptation! Although the sausages, flapjack, penguin biscuits and sweets I took with me kept my stomach from rumbling along the way - topped up by even more sweets, chocolates, cakes and fruit thanks to the kindness of the general public handing out their wares on route. I didn't go hungry I can tell you! Well, it did take me nearly 5 hours! My official time was 4.50mins. My place was 24001st out of approx 36k!

I took a few photos along the way as well as a few short videos, the photos are on this site, the videos are on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/davidsvids2000

If you would like to sponsor me for a great cause, please feel free! Not only were the University of Cambridge Veterinary School Trust good enough to give me the opportunity to run the marathon for them, they also gave me a guided tour to show me at first hand, some of the pioneering research work the organisation does in veterinary medicine, disease, animal welfare and recovery. All of which goes to not only help the animals concerned, but also leads onto benefitting human medicine and disease. The prevention and cure of foot and mouth and bird flu, just a few examples of animal conditions the Schools ongoing study and research contributes to animals general heath!

University of Cambridge Veterinary School Trust
"Leading the way in animal health and welfare" The University of Cambridge Veterinary School Trust is a charity dedicated to raising funds in support of the Cambridge Veterinary School and Queen's Veterinary Hospital and their aim of providing the best in animal healthcare.

Our mission is to improve the prevention and treatment of diseases of animals by defining and applying best clinical practice, by understanding and developing the science underpinning best practice, and by embedding an education programme in the veterinary sciences that delivers the best veterinary practitioners, academics and research scientists.

We thus educate people in the veterinary sciences so that they develop into leading clinicians and researchers. We maintain and develop research excellence in basic and applied biomedical and veterinary sciences and embed our clinical veterinary training in this strong scientific foundation. We aim to produce practitioners, academic clinicians and researchers with an education in veterinary science second to none."
http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/

 

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Any donations large or small are gratefully appreciated!

Many thanks

David