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£2,523
raised of £500 target by 205 supporters

    Weʼve raised £2,523 to split between Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and Dorothy House Hospice Care

    Funded on Sunday, 2nd June 2019

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    Story

    My dad ran half marathons for charity for decades, but now has been told that he's not allowed to run the distance any more (by the doctor and by my mum). So I'm taking up the running mantle with not one, but two half marathons!

    By a quirk of (dis)organisation I am running both the Cambridge Half Marathon and the Welwyn Half Marathon within two weeks of each other, making a full marathon for the month of March! I've not run more than 6 miles before, so this is going to be a hell of a challenge.

    I'm raising money for two charities, hence why this is a personal page rather than a charity page. The first is Dorothy House Hospice Care: the organisation my dad supported through his running, and which provided outstanding palliative care for both of his parents in the last years of their lives. The second is Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, a charity I have been involved with for many years. Their principal work is saving species from extinction, incredibly important work preserving our shared biodiversity, and something that they have done with great skill for decades.

    Durrell: https://www.durrell.org/wildlife/

    Dorothy House: https://www.dorothyhouse.org.uk/

    Please consider supporting these charities and making the inevitable excruciating pain worth it!

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    • Simon Clark5 years ago
      Simon Clark

      Simon Clark

      5 years ago
      Update from the Page owner

      Hi all! This fundraiser has now come to a close as I've hit the length of the page I initially (arbitrarily) chose. All the money from the fundraiser will then be added to the money raised by the videos I made on YouTube documenting my running journey and split between Durrell and Dorothy House. This will be done after I've released the final running video, which should be in the next week or so! Apologies for keeping you all waiting for the video, but I've just been swamped with other projects. It will be out soon though, I promise :)

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    • Simon Clark5 years ago
      Simon Clark

      Simon Clark

      5 years ago

      Much later than planned, here is the video of my first half marathon! Some of you will be aware that I had to move house these past few weeks, hence the delay. The second half marathon video should be up in a week or so! Thank you so much for you support - the costume definitely made the experience a special one! And thank you in particular for those of you who donated recently - we just smashed past £2500 raised, which is so far beyond what I thought was possible. This will make a real difference to the two charities. Thank you.

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    • Simon Clark5 years ago
      Simon Clark

      Simon Clark

      5 years ago

      FIRST HALF MARATHON DONE! Half way to completing this accidental marathon, in a time of 1:53:11! Very chuffed with myself, and currently taking a few days off to recover before getting out there again. Knowing how much money this race was raising was an incredible motivation, and definitely helped improve my time. Turns out that having £1000 for charity dangled on a stick in front of you will make a man do incredible things in a cape! Now, back to training for the second half...

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    5 years ago

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    Page last updated on: 6/4/2019 09.21

    Supporters

    205

    • Craig Dingwall

      Craig Dingwall

      Apr 24, 2019

      £5.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Apr 10, 2019

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Apr 10, 2019

      £4.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Apr 9, 2019

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Apr 9, 2019

      Good luck for the second run !

      £5.00

    • Ben Dent

      Ben Dent

      Apr 9, 2019

      Great effort Simon! Sorry I can't give more!

      £5.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Apr 9, 2019

      £5.00

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