Featured runner
Wayne Firth – one marathon down, one to go…
Wayne Firth a complete novice runner, recently completed the London Marathon and for most of us we’d be more than happy to be able to run one marathon in a year, but Wayne will also be running the Real Berlin Marathon in September.
He has been on a massive sponsorship drive, sending out fundraising requests to local businesses as well as holding a charity evening with a German theme, and organising raffles, auctions, even a charity concert. Wayne has also managed to have articles published in several local publications and has an advert slot agreed with Real Radio.
He is putting all this effort in to raise money for the NSPCC’s ChildLine a charity which he feels is truly worthwhile.
‘Children’s charities are close to all our hearts…Although ChildLine is a national service it is also everyone’s doorstep Charity, regardless of region or area.’
If you would like to sponsor Wayne for his marathon effort you can visit his JustGiving page here.
We at JustGiving wish him the very best of luck with the Berlin marathon and the rest of his fundraising!
Phil Reynolds runs the Pic du Canigou Mountain Race
http://www.justgiving.com/phil_and_kev_do_canigou/
On the 2nd August, Phil Reynolds along with longtime friend Kev, will be undertaking a massive challenge. They will be taking part in the famous Championnat du Canigou mountain race in the French Pyrenees. This involves a distance of 21 miles up and down up a mountain that is 2,784m high!
He will be running for the charity June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund, as he has recently had some dealings with mesothelioma due to exposure to asbestos. This charity supports sufferers and carers of those with the disease.
To read more about Phil’s challenge visit his JustGiving webpage here.
We wish him and Kev a safe run up and down Canigou!
Richard Stewart is taking the 50 mile challenge!
http://www.justgiving.com/richardatkent50/
On 19th July, Richard will be running the ultra marathon held in Canterbury, Kent, known as the 50 Mile Challenge. The route is in total 52.4 miles long and has to be completed in 15 hours or less!
Richard is running for the Shooting Stars Children’s Hospice, and hopes to raise lots of funds to support the extraordinary work that this charity do.
He only took up running last year and says himself ‘if anyone was already thinking I must be a little bit crazy I hope you are now thinking I must be totally crazy to do this’.
Good Luck Richard!
Jane Butterworth is running the ‘Run For All’ York 10k
www.justgiving.com/janeybutterworth/
Jane, along with her husband Darrell and father Ray will be running the ‘Run For All’ 10k on the 2nd August to raise funds for the cancer treatment centre Christies.
This is a very impressive feat for a lady who was diagnosed herself with cancer of the colon 10 years ago, but this certainly hasn’t deterred her from her aim of helping fellow sufferers of the disease through her charity fundraising.
We wish her and her family all the best with the run!
Gemma Hardy
www.justgiving.com/runninggemma
Here’s Gemma “8 miles in to the Watford Half” earlier this year. Clearly a keen runner…
She’s running for The Meningitis Trust having experienced their work to make sure people everywhere can save a life by spotting the signs of Meningitis.
James Barnard (Sir Jog A Lot)
www.justgiving.com/jamesbarnard
James is writing a blog about his training, as his London marathon alter-ego, Sir Jog A Lot.
Check it out for some great tips and advice on marathon running, as well as a good example of one of our Justgiving ‘Sponsor me’ badges here.
He’s got some nice stats on his Justgiving page – making good use of his personal message. – and he needs to raise £2,000 for MS Society.
Laura Cottey
www.justgiving.com/lauracottey
Laura’s always wanted to run the London marathon and this year she’s finally doing it.
She’s running for RNID, the Royal National Institute for Deaf People. Here she is in training.
Check out her fundraising page for the three reasons why she’s supporting this charity.
