so.... it's been a while, I know! I've been rubbish at writing blog posts, and rubbish at twitter - I've just been struggling to find the time lately! On 4th July we held our major annual event, Little Legs for Life - a Race for Life for kids (450 took part!!). We are still counting the pennies as they roll in, but we've currently raised over £18 500 :-) Anyway, I digress, the point of this post is to tell you about some amazing people doing amazing things this coming weekend.... I will then try to do a similar post each week :-)
1. First and foremost, because they are raising money for my favourite charity, comes @ConferenceBike - these crazy guys set off on Saturday from John O'Groats and will head for Land's End visiting Cancer Research UK research centres along the way. So what is so crazy about these guys? Well, a Conference Bike is a 7 seater circular bike and they will pedal the entire distance on this contraption, as a group! And.... it gets even better! They want YOU to help! There are enough seats on the bike for helpers, so they are looking for volunteers to cycle a few miles at different points along the way. Please visit their website http://www.cobiuk.com/ for more information on their challenge and their route. If you can't help with the cycling, perhaps like me, you can check out the route and plan a day to go and cheer them on - or of course you can donate via their website :-) Good Luck guys - and I'll see you somewhere along the way!
2. Another mad challenge taking place this weekend is @adakane - Adrian is not only walking 26.2 miles....he is doing this around a school athletics track....oh, and he'll be pushing a car! Yes, he is walking a marathon whilst pushing a car, trying to break a Guiness World record. Sadly, Adrian lost his mum to stroke earlier this year, after a battle with cancer and he is raising money for both the World Cancer Research Fund (UK) and The Stroke Association. Adrian is running 2 separate fundraising pages - one for traditional sponsorship, and the other is like a raffle, where you can donate just £1 and guess how many steps he will take to complete various stages of the challenge, and be in with a chance to win a great prize!! Best of Luck Adrian - and for anyone in/near Woking in Surrey, please try to get down to St John the Baptist School on 31st July!
3. Last, but by no means least is @TakeChallenge - Christopher has already run over 100 miles in one go, earlier this year, all in aid of the @VeteransCharity. He will be challenging himself to the max again this Sunday as he takes on the British Ironman event in Lancashire. If you don't know what this involves, it's a 2.4mile (3.86km) swim, 112mile (180km) bike and then a run, a marathon 26miles (42km), ran in that order without a break - oh and it has to be done in less than 17 hours! Donating is easy....Text: P65 IRONMAN to 70007 and Project 65 will receive £2.55 from every £3 text message :-)
Best of luck to all these Superheroes - though I don't think they'll need it, they're all determined enough ;-)
thanks for reading - please support these amazing people, even if it's just a follow and a tweet!
Nancy
