14th Mar - We've done it! All 5 of us finished. A great achievement boys, fantastic. Over £7000 raised so far.

Thank you all so much!

Also - I'm taking part in the Nicky's Whisper Challenge Trophy at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, 11th May. This is an All-Party Parliamentry FC Vs CF Trust Invitation Team with the likes of Gus Poyet, Ben Shephard, DJ Spoony, Angus Deayton, Alastair Campbell, Ray Wilkins and Iwan Thomas hopefully taking part. 

Donations most welcome by visiting www.justgiving.com/TERRY-WESLEY-Chelsea.

Hi,

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page (regular updates on our progress given at the foot of this page).

I’m raising funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and I’d really appreciate your support.

On Sunday, 14^th March 2010 myself, Tom Upton, Robin Parker, Dan Burke and Bruce Dougall will all be participating in the Adidas Silverstone Half Marathon at the world famous motor racing circuit on behalf of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

Why have we chosen the Cystic Fibrosis Trust?    

Well, in September, 2009 my son Alec Wesley was born with CF so I decided to get off my backside and support the Trust which is vital in funding research to treat and cure CF. Tom, Robin, Dan and Bruce have kindly offered their support and will compete alongside myself over the torturous 13 and a bit miles (gotta get that essential training in lads!).

A little bit about CF.....

Cystic Fibrosis is one of the UK's most common life-threatening inherited diseases and affects over 8,500 people in the UK.   

Over two million people in the UK carry the faulty gene that causes Cystic Fibrosis – that’s around 1 in 25 of the population. 

CF affects the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, by clogging them with thick sticky mucus. This makes it hard to breathe and digest food. 

Each week, 5 babies are born with CF and each week, 3 young lives are lost to CF.  

Around half of the Cystic Fibrosis population can expect to live over 31 years, although improvements in treatments mean a baby born today could expect to live even longer.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. JustGiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation so it’s the most efficient way to donate - we raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

Our aim is to help win this fight by raising funds in order to enable these improvements to continue so please sponsor us for this half marathon.

Thanks for your support.

Terry, Bea & Alec

Updates

19th Dec - The Plough in Towcester has kindly chosen Cystic Fibrosis as their preferred charity. So why not have a look at their menus and get down there.

Its like the website says; Drink - Eat - Relax - Enjoy!  http://www.theploughtowcester.co.uk/

21st Dec - Reached £500 !!! Tom's decided to go for 1hr 30m (well he is Mr Ironman)!

22nd Dec - Reached £1000 !!!

29th Dec - Reached £1500 !!!  Terry n Bruce have bought new trainers in the sales (Robin is thinking about it)!

4th Jan - Bruce does his roadrunner impression in Towcester.....at 6.30am!.........'Beep, Beep'.

7th Jan - Reached £2000 !!! And the snow aint stopping us from training!

11th Jan - 9 weeks to go and each of us has a training plan in place..........whether we follow them is another matter!

15th Jan - Quote of the day...'might do a 7 miler in my garage at the weekend' - Robin.  We hope he's got a treadmill otherwise he'll get very very dizzy!.........no mention of Dan's training yet!

5th Feb - Reached £2500 !!! A temporary fall off the wagon was experienced in Towcester..........only to watch Wales lose!  Terry is nicknamed the 'Trudger' by the locals after their witnessing an earlier 4 mile training session!

14th Feb - 4 weeks to go, but not much 'lurrve' as no pre-race 'relations' allowed (well if boxers can't....) - Robin's Barry White CD collection remains dusty!

18th Feb - Bruce confirms training will continue.......in his Maldivian training camp (or island)!....still no mention of Dan's training yet!

21st Feb - 10 mile training goal reached......Bruce still sipping pinacoladas mid-Indian Ocean!

1st Mar - **Breaking news of an injury scare** - Whilst discussing the weekend's broken leg incident Tom declares he has a sore lip!

7th Mar - Reached £3000 !!! That's it, all the long distance training over and only short runs over the next 7 days in preparation for next Sunday! You can smell the tension! Post race drinks to be held at the Plough in Towcester!

9th Mar - Rumours circulating about Dan's training - apparently he's stretching every night for 30 minutes!

10th Mar - Reached £3500 !!! ...and importantly, the post-race celebrations are booked!

12th Mar - As we all make our plans for Sunday's race, Dan reveals he's been training 4 times a week!

13th Mar - Reached £4000 !!! ...with one day to go.