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"Flora London Marathon 2008"

The time is nearly with us again...not that I have ever really paid attention to it, but, April 13th 2008 is the Flora London Marathon! I have been accepted for a Gold Bond place (I've been accepted to run for a charity, so get a guarenteed place), as I failed to get a place in the ballot :(

As a result, I need to try and raise £1750 for Get Kids Going!. This is a great charity, that helps to provide sporting equipment for disabled children all over the UK.

Should you be feeling generous and want to help out the charity, or just simnply love the thought of me in pain, and suffering on a 26 and a bit mile trek, please dig deep into your pockets, bank accounts, and piggy banks and sponsor me via the following link:

http://www.justgiving.com/simon-hughes

Or click here

This is a safe and secure site, and will allow you to sponsor me directly, with the option for Gift Aid (UK charities are entitled to 28% tax reclaim from the HMRC on every £1 donated by UK taxpayers).

Any amount will help, and of course will be greatly appreciated :)

No worries hun :)X

Ah wicked, thank you very much, and thank your friend too, that's very kind :D

My friend wanted to make a donation before the year was out. I mentioned sponsoring you for this :) So That £10 has gone to Get Kids Going :)

Thank you all kindly for all your support up to now! Very kind indeed! :D It looks as though the current total raised is £280, which to be honest, is £270 more than I was expecting :) So all is going well, with plenty of time left for anyone wishing to help out!

The training is going...pretty well, I managed to get out of my nice warm bed on Christmas day itself for a quick run! Think I may be enjoying parts of this running malarky a little too much...fingers crossed everything goes smoothly in the next 16 weeks of training.

Hey, sorry for not responding sooner, been kinda busy :o

I think the only major way, unless sending cash in directly (only really good if I lived near you), is to do the online transaction, sorry about that! :(

Vexxxed wrote:
> Thank you all, I currently have £280 raised thanks to your
> generosity, if you have any spare funds over the next few
> months, please send it my way, it will be greatly appreciated :)

It could be a tad more :)

Any luck going through the info pack for alternative ways to pay or are you going to make me grit my teeth and do it online?

Timmargh wrote:
> You should make a group on Facebook.

Here you go

Vexxxed wrote:
> Well, I was hoping my picture on here would help clear up that
> particular question...or if not, my picture on my marathon
> sponsor page...

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLZ

Thank you all, I currently have £280 raised thanks to your generosity, if you have any spare funds over the next few months, please send it my way, it will be greatly appreciated :)

Well, I was hoping my picture on here would help clear up that particular question...or if not, my picture on my marathon sponsor page...