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Alex Jerrard is raising money for Raleigh International Trust
“Alex Jerrard's fundraising”
on 11 August 2010
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In October, I am going on a charitable volunteering project to Costa Rica and Nicaragua with Raleigh International as part of my gap year. I will be spending 10 weeks there and will be doing community and environmental projects. I think this is a very good cause and I am really looking forward to the challenge. Further details can be found on the following link: http://www.raleighinternational.org/countries/costa-rica-nicaragua .
The project, without flights, costs £2,995. I am going to fund the trip with savings, work during my gap year and, I hope, through sponsorship. Raleigh encourage its volunteers to do fundraising to help with the cost of the trip and to help spread awareness of Raleigh and the good work it does.
I have decided to set myself three separate challenges to try to help to raise funds for the trip - and to help get me fit for the trip itself in a do-it-yourself “Great Coxwell triathlon”. I have decided to:
Swim for 1 km;
Run for 10 km; and
Cycle for 100 km;
Since deciding this, I
realised that:
a) I hadn't been running since the end of the Rugby
season in December
b) I hadn't swum for 2 years and
c) I hadn't been on a bike for a year.
Just to make it worse, I remembered that compared
to the Olympic triathlon, I was going to be swimming slightly less, running
the same distance but doing two and a half times the distance on the
bike.
Despite all that, I am pleased (and relieved) to
say I have managed to complete my Great Coxwell Triathlon.
The 100 km cycle ride took about 5 hours - with
great pain to my bottom by 20 miles, my back by 30 miles and everything else after
that!
The 1 km swim took about 35 minutes; it didn't hurt
very much and was almost therapeutic after the cycling. The 10 km run took a
bit under 70 minutes and finished me off completely.
I will be going on a Raleigh International
Challenge Workshop shortly to find out more about what I will be doing in
Costa Rica and Nicaragua and meeting the other people who will be going on the
same trip. I am also brushing up on my Spanish which will also help. All forms
have been completed, flights booked and injections carried out.
I believe I can make a real contribution when I am
out there and can't wait for the challenge that it brings. Thank you for
helping me get there.
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