Dan Paton is crowdfunding
Iʼm raising £5,000 to the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) at Nobles Hospital, IoM & Rebecca House Children's Hospice
- Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, UK
- 8 days to go
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Hi all.
Five years after the last fundraising challenge in memory of Sophie Moolman, we've decided to go again! Last time we amazingly raised over £10k for Rebecca House Children's hospice.
If you're keen to learn details of the 2019 challenge, how phenomenally tough it was (and give context on how crazy the next one is going to be), check the two videos found here.
Sophie would've turned 13 on NYD 2024 if not taken from us suddenly aged just 7 in March 2018 by Acute Myocarditis.
This latest challenge will push me far further than the last, with lots of other contributing fundraising events (raffles, cake bakes, sponsored walks etc.) to contribute to the final amount.
All proceeds will be split 50/50 between the SCBU / Neonatal unit of Noble Hospital IoM (who helped Sophie on her way into life) and Rebecca House Children's Hospice (who were there on her way out of life).
Please give what you can to these two fantastic causes, you can track my progress on the challenge and be kept informed of other fundraising events on this page.
My challenge
1) Run for 400 consecutive days (from Wed 20th Dec 2023 to Wed 22nd Jan 2025)
2) Run 3500 miles over the 400 days (on average 8.75 miles per day)
3) No 'easy cheats' (no walking, cycling or running on treadmills - all runs must be outside - rain, snow or shine)
4) Complete several big marathon and ultra-marathon events during the 400 days. Including pacing my eldest son Bailey to his first marathon in Paris in April 2024.
5) Run 4 marathons in 4 weeks in April (and Tokyo mazza in March!) - these being Brighton, Boston UK, Boston USA and London marathons. The latter will also see me complete my SECOND six-star major medal (having completed my first at Tokyo in March 2024!)
6) ** NEW (Nov 2024)** I HAVE PEOPLE JOINING ME! During my last 90 days, the legend that is Mark Hadfield has chosen to challenge himself and Run Every Day for 90 days! He's not 'just' doing a mile or 5km every day either! GO MARK!
Thanks for reading and please do join me on a run at any point, the company will be most welcome, pace doesn't matter.
All runs will be shown on my Strava page here - https://www.strava.com/athletes/11516605
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- 2 days ago
Dan Paton
2 days agoDay 399 - the penultimate day of the challenge! The start line back in December 2023 really feels like another lifetime ago! Trials, tribulations, injuries, somehow running a marathon PB in Chicago 100 days ago (on day 299 of the challenge), and many wonderful memories. I've just 5 miles left to run tonight, which means I'll complete the mileage part of the challenge a day early! Then a day 400 finale run in Leyland and a celebration drink in the towns wetherspoons from 6pm! All are welcome, thanks so much for all your kind donations.
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- 11 days ago
Dan Paton
11 days agoAll the recent bad weather in the UK, with snow / ice / very cold conditions, merely pushed me to work harder! Runs before and after work in the dark, have meant over the past three weeks I've ran 209 miles! This means.... With just 10 days remaining, I need to run 79.3 miles, which barring any mishaps I think is achievable! Whoop, mearly there and we hit 75% of the fundraising target today too!!!
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- 25 days ago
Dan Paton
25 days agoWell folks....as if this challenge wasn't hard enough - I've been calculating my totals incorrectly - I've been using Strava's 'Training Calendar' to show my 2024 total (+ a few runs in late December 2023). This meant I'd wrongly included a few walks I'd done way back in April (god knows which I tracked them on Strava...). Having deleted all walks/hikes, leaving only runs, it means I've covered less distance than I thought... I'm 13.67 miles behind where I should be, having 25 days and 232.42 miles remaining. This ain't gonna be easy...
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Martine D
Jan 22, 2025
Amazing achievement!
£10.00
Bailey Paton
Jan 22, 2025
Congratulations, Dad! You've achieved something amazing! So proud of you and your commitment to this special challenge!Love you lots!
£100.00
Kate Pomfret
Jan 22, 2025
It's your final day, well done!
£10.00
Greg Boyes
Jan 22, 2025
Well done big fella. Tremendous effort.
£50.00
Siggie & Trev
Jan 21, 2025
Congratulations on your achievement 👏 what a legend!
£30.00
Darren McCrudden
Jan 20, 2025
Great running Dan for a great cause 👏🏻
£20.00
Iain Shipley
Jan 20, 2025
Well done Dan incredible achievement
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