"As I come to then of this project and officially hand over the cheque to Macmillan, I want to say a huge thanks from the bottom of my heart to all those named and un named people who have supported me along the way. YOU, have inspired me to go on and work even harder for amazing causes in our region. 

This is only just the beginning! Please check out www.justgiving.com/hartlepool-endurance-team and find out all about the amazing things local people will be doing in 2012 for 'The Butterwick Children's hospice'.

 

Thanks again and I hope your support of my charity ventures continues".

 

Matt

 

Endurance Swim / Bike / Run Events 2011

This is my online page which I will link to my other blogs and pages as and when I post. In a nut shell, if you pledge money to my charity project you know you will be making a difference in many peoples' lives whilst watching me go through copious amnounts of pain (but secretly I like it!).

 

On a serious note, I recently lost a dear friend and colleague to cancer and was told by my best friend Dom, son of my friend that passed, what an awesome job the Macmillan nurses did for him and his family during such a difficult time. Although I felt I could do little for Liz and her family at the time, I know I can now  make a difference to others in her memory and the memory of others I have lost recently like my amazing grandfather Norman Turnbull. I only hope I can achieve enough to even be worthy of walking in the shadows of these two great people. Only love.

 

I must pay special thanks to my beautiful wife Kelly and amazing boys Ben and Dylan, who rarely support from the sidelines and instead, have got involved in training with me! Kelly has also been inspired to race alongside me in some of the events as well. I love you all so much for your patience and support!

 

Below is a list of the challenges I am attempting to complete before the end of the summer 2011 and an overview of the really silly things I'll be planning for 2012, (by the way, I will be upping my expected total to £2000 next year!).

 

- Old Monks 10km XC Jan 9th 2011

COMPLETE 19th/100 place 37mins

-Absent Friends 8km XC Feb 27th 2011

COMPLETE 15th/150 place 36 mins

-Stokesley Duathlon March 27th 2011 (5km run/ 35km ride/ 5km run)

COMPLETE - 38th/300+ Run 16.52/ Bike 58mins/ Run 19.41

Kelly completed the Stokelsy Novice Duathlon race as well!!!!

(My wife Kelly will be supported the above event  'Stokesley Duathlon' with a run/bike/run of approximately 28km so please donate for her! She was awesome and  worked unbelieveably hard!)

-Cleveland Triathlon May15th 2011 (450m swim/20k ride/ 5 km run)

COMPLETE - 7th in cat /200 1hr 00mins 33secs

-N'thumberland Tri June 26th 2011 (750m swim/ 20km ride/ 5km run)

COMPLETE - 2nd in cat/180 1hr 14mins

-Velo29 Road race 16th July (95miles bike race)

COMPLETE 7hrs 18mins in torrantial rain wind, many  30%climbs!

Approx 25th out of 80 (some did not complete or took wrong route)

-Redcar Triathlon July 31st 2011 (750m swim/ 20km ride/ 5km run)

COMPLETE 12th in cat of160 1hr 8mins 48secs

-St'ckton Olympic Aug 21st 2011 (1500m swim/ 40km ride/ 10km run)

COMPLETE - 22nd in cat 165 competed 2hrs 20mins 40secs

Kelly COMPLETED novice triathlon 13 in cat  in 57mins36 secs!

-Invited to compete at National Relay Sprint Triathlons 26th August

COMPLETED - Team 28th out of 100 in 3h 20mns (52minspersonal)

-Cleveland Team Sprint Relay Tri 25th Sept

COMPLETED - 3rd PLACE OVERALL!!!! Season best with 6m34s 400mswim / 41min 16mile bike/ 16m20s 3mile run!!!!!!!

AND FINALLY!....... I completed the pinnacle of my endurance challenges on 1st of October. 176miles of cycling from Hartlepool to Glenrothes in Fife in 11hours and 25mins of riding time! With 3 punctures and a sausage sandwich stop in took 12hrs and 10mins. I set off at 5am from Hpool and arrived at Glenrothes at 5.10pm . . sore and tired but elated!

-H'pool to Glenrothes 1 day Endurance Ride  - 180m (299km)

 

*All the above are open water or sea swims other than Cleveland which is a pool swim, and I will be setting myself the personal target of comleting the above 492km of envents in less than 30 RACING HOURS!!!!!!!

N.B - The above statement was recorded when I was originally doing 4 triathlons and a long bike ride!!!!! It got a bit bigger!

 

2012 Projects - After considering the successes (and failures) of 2011, I will be aiming to undertake a number of triathlon and endurance challenges which will culminate in an 'Ironman' distance triathlon in August 2012, which consists of a 2.4mile open water swim, a 112 mile bike ride followed directly by a 26.2 mile full marathon!

 

 . . and all the pain and training will be worth it if YOU help me reach my donation target and really make a difference in someone's life!

 

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

 

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity 

 

So please dig deep and donate now.

 

Thank you 

 

Matt Turnbull

 

http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/ironman_teacher_s_long_road_ahead_1_3247881

 

PS. A special thanks must go to those who sponsor me personally to ofset some of the costs incurred such as kit, equipment, training costs and most importantly race registration costs.

 

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