Ian Halliday
Ian springs into life 2007
Fundraising for Claire House Children's Hospice
Story
Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. Please dig deep and sponsor me online.
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Claire House Children's Hospice will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.
This was the first time I had done any serious (or even not very serious) running since leaving New Zealand in mid-2005. So I really didn't know how it would go. I successfully ran along the side of the main building, and round the many and seemingly endless car parks, but it was as I ran back up past our main building that I noticed that it definitely has a slope. I checked again the following day, and it really didn't seem that steep after all.
And then a lap of the "trim trail". That seemed longer than it usually does, too. But it was an important part of the race, for it was there that I managed to pass two people I had been talking to before the race.
I mean, would you want to be beaten by either of the following?
* A guy dressed in a monkey suit and carrying a large inflatable banana
* A guy wearing an Arsenal shirt
Afterwards, they gave me a bottle of water, a snack and a medal. I've never had a medal for running before. Amazingly, I came 76th, which is well in the first half of a field of over 200. Be honest now. Are you surprised? I know I was!
Have you sponsored me or made a donation yet? It's all about helping raise money for Claire House, which is also one of the charities our department supports.
So please sponsor me now before the nice people at Justgiving lock this page down. You have till mid-June.
Many thanks for your support.
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Claire House Children's Hospice will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.
This was the first time I had done any serious (or even not very serious) running since leaving New Zealand in mid-2005. So I really didn't know how it would go. I successfully ran along the side of the main building, and round the many and seemingly endless car parks, but it was as I ran back up past our main building that I noticed that it definitely has a slope. I checked again the following day, and it really didn't seem that steep after all.
And then a lap of the "trim trail". That seemed longer than it usually does, too. But it was an important part of the race, for it was there that I managed to pass two people I had been talking to before the race.
I mean, would you want to be beaten by either of the following?
* A guy dressed in a monkey suit and carrying a large inflatable banana
* A guy wearing an Arsenal shirt
Afterwards, they gave me a bottle of water, a snack and a medal. I've never had a medal for running before. Amazingly, I came 76th, which is well in the first half of a field of over 200. Be honest now. Are you surprised? I know I was!
Have you sponsored me or made a donation yet? It's all about helping raise money for Claire House, which is also one of the charities our department supports.
So please sponsor me now before the nice people at Justgiving lock this page down. You have till mid-June.
Many thanks for your support.