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Fundraising updates : the runners step up the pace!

With less than 2 months before the big day itself, our runners are stepping up the pace and making great strides in their fundraising totals for the Foundation. Take Philippa Challis, for example.  She’s roped in a whole group of happy helpers - including her mum and friends Veronica and Don - who are sorting bags of donated items to be car booted, adding to Philippas total. On Philippa’s behalf, we’d like to give a huge shout out to this band of fabulous volunteers for their support and also to Philippa’s baby sis Jos - for keeping her motivated and

Cool Running Ramblings : 22 Feb 2010

Running like a girl After getting knee knack after about 8½ miles of last Sunday’s run it’s been another week of no training and the associated insufferable levels of guilt.  With a view to getting to the bottom of my gammy


Cool Running Ramblings : Issue Eleven

Sneezes and Kneeses Another week nearer the marathon and another week of getting up early for training runs pounding the streets and… well actually that’s not the case at all.  I’ve had a silly cough and cold which won’t shift and


Cool Running Ramblings : Issue 10

17 miles down memory lane Now that long distance travel is far more accessible than it was say fifty years ago, the likelihood is that you are reading this whilst in a town other than the one in which you grew


Cool Running Ramblings: Issue 9

Trots, nipples and 200 miles Howdy doody friends of the foundation!  This week’s training runs took me past the 200 miles marker in my training program and only another 322 to go before the race (did you like the way I