Thanks for visiting my fundraising page.

My name is Richard Crombie. I've decided that this year I need to set myself a challenge, and what better way to do it and push me to complete it than for charity. Or in this case two charities.

The two charities I have decided to raise money for are Overgate Hospice and Macmillan Cancer Support. Why these I hear you ask?
Well, I work at Parkinson-Spencer Refractories in Halifax, and over the last few years we have lost a few people to the dreaded cancer. Elaine Scrimshaw, Sue Parkinson & John McEvoy have all been taken from us many years before their time. At some point during their illnesses the services of Overgate Hospice or Macmillan Cancer Support were used.
As they were all well known and much loved at the company as well as life in general, I've decided to support these charities and do my little bit for the fantastic services they provide.

So what is the 10 x 10k challenge that I'm embarking on. Well its simple, I going to run 10 (yes ten) 10k (6.2 mile) races throughout 2014.
Before this year I've only ever run 10k once and it felt like it took days. So, I've been getting a few miles under my belt since the start of 2014 and I decided to enter my 1st 10k race as a goal to work to. After a month or so on the treadmill (not literally a month ON it!) I started looking around for more 10k's to enter later in the year. When I found out that there are literally hundreds, some of which require minimum sponsorships, the idea came to me that rather than annoying everyone each month with a sponsorship form, I would create this page as a way to sponsor me for a group of races. It was then I decided to push myself out of my comfort zone even more and attempt a round number of 10 races and to complete each of these 10k races in under an hour!
Now that might seem slow to some people, but when you havent done more than the length of a football pitch a few times in the last 10 years, I'd say it was lightning quick!

The events that I am entering are as follows...

Bradford Epilepsy Action 10k - 16th March
Race time: 55:57
Position: 903 of 1468
Results

Halifax Overgate Hospice 10k - 6th April
Race time: 57:07
Position: 98 of 223
Results

Bupa Great Manchester 10k - 18th May
Race time: 56:12
Position: 8340 of 27715
Results

Hull Run For All 10k - 8th June
Race time: 57:34
Position: 1686 of 3653
Results

Pennine Lancashire Run For All 10k - 22nd June
Race time: 53:41
Position: 538 of 1666
Results

Leeds Run For All 10k - 20th July
Race time: 53:24
Position: 1932 of 7214
Results

York Run For All 10k - 3rd August
Race time: 50:43
Position: 1310 of 5059
Results

Wigan 10k - 7th September
Race results to follow...

Leeds Abbey Dash 10k - 16th November
Race results to follow...

Leeds MoRun 10k - 22nd Movember
Race results to follow...

Now, due to me supporting two charities, there are links at the bottom of the page for the charity of your choice, simply click on it and it will take you to the correct donation page. If you would like to split your sponsorship between to two charities, first donate to one, then come back to this page and then click the other donate button.

You'll see my team fundraising target on the right. Your donation can really help me smash this goal.

Many thanks for your time reading this and for your donation. Every little penny is appreciated hugely.

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