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Christine Fleming is raising money for Get Kids Going!
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Saturday 5th November.
My race number is 63862 and you can follow my progress if you down load the ING NewYork Marathon App. Now in the Big Apple and very excited. Ian has always been great at surprises and this time has been no exception. Ellie was waiting for me in my hotel room when we arrived and this morning we have all run the New York 5k Dash to the Finish. Ian and his dodgy knees made it all the way round without stopping. Now I have run some of the streets of this fabulous city I feel well and truly prepared for tomorrow.
Sunday 6th November.
I did it, it was absolutely amazing, in 4.02.04, however my garmin watch gave me a time of 4.00.20 nearly sub 4 and I did have to take a bathroom break!! The crowds really helped you along and of course it was so wonderful to see Ian and Ellie at mile 16 and 23. I feel on top of the world and thanks to your kind generosity I'll be helping very special children and young adults succeed in sport..
New Forrest Marathon
I have now completed the New Forest Marathon, it went better than expected, although my legs were very wobbly at the end. I came 305th out of 751 runners, I was the 34th woman and my time 4.00.48. So I now have a goal for New York!
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Turning 50 next year has come as a bit of a shock and so I have decided to attempt to do something special and physically challenging whilst I am still young enough to attempt it!
So the plan is for me to run 26.2 miles through the streets of New York on November the 6th, running for a great charity called “Get Kids Going!”
So far so good, the training is going well – see the photo that Ian took of me running in the Pangbourne 10K. Although it looks like I am walking I can assure you that I was actually running quite fast, well fast for me, I finished in 50 mins.
On the 18 of September, I successfully completed the Great North Run and managed to achieve a sub-2hr time, as I had aimed. This coming weekend I have set myself another challenge of completing the full 26.2 miles for the first time in the New Forest Marathon! I may not make it round but it will be great practice for November, at least I will know how much it hurts.
Get Kids Going! is a National charity which gives disabled children and young people - up to the age of 26 yrs - the wonderful opportunity of participating in sport. Seb Coe is the President. The charity provides them with specially built sports' wheelchairs so they can do: athletics, marathons, tennis, skiing, rugby, sailing, and basketball, sledge hockey, table tennis, fencing, shooting, archery, power lifting and many more sports. Get Kids Going! inspires British disabled youngsters to compete in sporting events, from start to paralympic level, by giving them 'sports grants' to help with their; training, physiotherapy, travel, competition fees, design and development of sports' wheelchairs etc. With your help many can become world record holders and paralympic champions!
The charity’s aim is to give support to all our budding paraolympians in the build up to the London 2012 Paralympic games and beyond. Like any aspiring athletes all our youngsters need long term support, often over many years, to achieve their sporting dreams. Sadly, the cuts in funding for such youngsters of up to £50m, from government and other sources, and so many of our youngsters are forced to rely on friends and family for financial help. As you can imagine this causes enormous burdens on many, already cash strapped, families and a constant worry as the cost of participating in their favourite sport is forever increasing.
There are over 200 disabled talented youngsters who have the potential to compete at London 2012 but receive either none or very little funding and are desperate to achieve their life-long dream. I hope, with your help to turn some of their dreams into reality and maybe make them into sporting heroes!
The charity’s aim is to give support to all our budding paraolympians in the build up to the London 2012 Paralympic games and beyond. Like any aspiring athletes all our youngsters need long term support, often over many years, to achieve their sporting dreams. Sadly, the cuts in funding for such youngsters of up to £50m, from government and other sources, and so many of our youngsters are forced to rely on friends and family for financial help. As you can imagine this causes enormous burdens on many, already cash strapped, families and a constant worry as the cost of participating in their favourite sport is forever increasing.
There are over 200 disabled talented youngsters who have the potential to compete at London 2012 but receive either none or very little funding and are desperate to achieve their life-long dream. I hope, with your help to turn some of their dreams into reality and maybe make them into sporting heroes!
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