Overview

I wanted to raise money for a good cause this year and what better way to do it than give myself a tough challenge that even still pales in comparison to the work of this charity (read more about that below)! This will be my first organised run above 5km and will be the second leg of the race to the stones, which is 50km! This is going to be a huge challenge, I have already started the training and trust me for me to even complete this will be very difficult. So I'm glad I have chosen such a great cause.  

I will be running it with my awesome friend Joe who is experienced at running and will make sure I keep going and am not alone for this experience (many thanks to him for joining me) 

About my interest in this charity

I first heard of this charity 4 years ago during a weekend away with my youth group. I was lucky enough to hear the founder speak and tell us all about the way in which they went about their work. It is a community based approach to tackling big problems, directed by people from those areas. I think its a great a charity that really does fulfil the loving kindness we should aim to spread to the areas that truly need it, as they often work in places international aid can not always touch (like conflict zones such as Sudan). Please have a look at the website to find out more! - https://www.hart-uk.org/about-us/ 

(some added fun) 

I am hoping to complete this within 10-12 hours (sorry for uncertainty as I have never done anything close to this). However, if you want to give me extra incentive not to slack off and start chatting at all the refuelling stations, you could give me a challenge...

Send me a message with a challenge to complete it in a certain time, or with any other randomness you can think off (such as some fancy dress, or to take selfies with random things....try to be sensible haha), and perhaps pledge to donate more/again if I complete it as per your request. An example being "Complete it in under 10 hours and I will donate and extra £20!"; or "Take a selfie with a sheep and I will donate another £5!". (send me a message if you have any more questions or want to give me a challenge, I won't harass you for your pledge and again try to be sensible) 

This is only a suggestion for some friendly incentive and you don't have to do this and don't expect many of you to, this is just so people who want to push me on can or get some entertainment for themselves, but donating any amount is already support enough :) . 

Thank you