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Closed 02/06/2019
Iʼve raised £2,523 to split between Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and Dorothy House Hospice Care
- Funded on Sunday, 2nd June 2019
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My dad ran half marathons for charity for decades, but now has been told that he's not allowed to run the distance any more (by the doctor and by my mum). So I'm taking up the running mantle with not one, but two half marathons!
By a quirk of (dis)organisation I am running both the Cambridge Half Marathon and the Welwyn Half Marathon within two weeks of each other, making a full marathon for the month of March! I've not run more than 6 miles before, so this is going to be a hell of a challenge.
I'm raising money for two charities, hence why this is a personal page rather than a charity page. The first is Dorothy House Hospice Care: the organisation my dad supported through his running, and which provided outstanding palliative care for both of his parents in the last years of their lives. The second is Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, a charity I have been involved with for many years. Their principal work is saving species from extinction, incredibly important work preserving our shared biodiversity, and something that they have done with great skill for decades.
Durrell: https://www.durrell.org/wildlife/
Dorothy House: https://www.dorothyhouse.org.uk/
Please consider supporting these charities and making the inevitable excruciating pain worth it!
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- 6 years ago
Simon Clark
6 years agoHi all! This fundraiser has now come to a close as I've hit the length of the page I initially (arbitrarily) chose. All the money from the fundraiser will then be added to the money raised by the videos I made on YouTube documenting my running journey and split between Durrell and Dorothy House. This will be done after I've released the final running video, which should be in the next week or so! Apologies for keeping you all waiting for the video, but I've just been swamped with other projects. It will be out soon though, I promise :)
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- 6 years ago
Simon Clark
6 years agoMuch later than planned, here is the video of my first half marathon! Some of you will be aware that I had to move house these past few weeks, hence the delay. The second half marathon video should be up in a week or so! Thank you so much for you support - the costume definitely made the experience a special one! And thank you in particular for those of you who donated recently - we just smashed past £2500 raised, which is so far beyond what I thought was possible. This will make a real difference to the two charities. Thank you.
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- 6 years ago
Simon Clark
6 years agoFIRST HALF MARATHON DONE! Half way to completing this accidental marathon, in a time of 1:53:11! Very chuffed with myself, and currently taking a few days off to recover before getting out there again. Knowing how much money this race was raising was an incredible motivation, and definitely helped improve my time. Turns out that having £1000 for charity dangled on a stick in front of you will make a man do incredible things in a cape! Now, back to training for the second half...
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Craig Dingwall
Apr 24, 2019
£5.00
Anonymous
Apr 10, 2019
Anonymous
Apr 10, 2019
£4.00
Anonymous
Apr 9, 2019
Anonymous
Apr 9, 2019
Good luck for the second run !
£5.00
Ben Dent
Apr 9, 2019
Great effort Simon! Sorry I can't give more!
£5.00
Anonymous
Apr 9, 2019
£5.00
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Simon Clark
I was bitten by a radioactive atmosphere when I was a kid and all I got were these crappy coding skills