Hi - thanks for coming here

Please support my chosen challenge: To run the 410 miles of Chris Rea's drive home for Christmas - the length of the A1 from London to the gravel voiced xmas crooner's hometown of exotic Middlesbrough and all the way to the end of the A1 in Edinburgh. And raising money for Shelter to fight homelessness. 

I've not taken part in any 'virtual' running events during lockdown, but this one caught my fancy: it's long (16miles a day for 25 days), Christmassy, I need to get out running more, and I like the Trains Planes and Automobiles aspect of the mad rush at the end. 

Realistically, I wont be able to get in a run every day for 25 days, so it will probably be a case of how many I can get away with leaving myself for the final 24 hours...

I've been at Shelter for 9 months now and I'm blown away by the work the organisation does to support people facing homelessness and bad housing. The dedication of support staff is amazing and is needed more than ever this year. One helpline advisor was even able to carry on his work when lockdown stranded him in Pakistan - by taking his laptop and headset to the roof of his hotel to take calls and help people from there! And more than that, Shelter is working hard to create systemic change to get to the roots of the UK housing crisis.

It's a huge challenge and a fantastic cause, so please sponsor me :)

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Thank you and Merry Christmas!!

Max

@Maximonewton