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Gina |
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Banjo
Joined: 31 Jan 2004
Posts: 45
Location: Germany
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Does anybody know if Carl Wayne will take part in this year?
How about you in this forum, any runners? |
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kim |
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Joined: 16 Jan 2004
Posts: 20
Location: blackpool
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Hi Gina im not personally running but my boss is, Eric Alston. He is raising money for imperial cancer research and the injured jockeys fund. Two very worthy charities who will be glad of the money. So far if he completes the marathon he stands to raise £21,500 |
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brandy |
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Acoustic Guitar
Joined: 16 Jan 2004
Posts: 190
Location: Des Moines, Iowa USA
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Hi Gina,
I doubt that Carl is running the marathon . He had to cut back substantially on the running after his operation in late 2002 . I suspect he is probably running shorter distances now, but I haven't asked Carl or Helen (his PA) recently about this. So perhaps he is back to "full speed". That would be a good question for Questions and Answers on his website. Just go to the "Interactive" page. In fact, if you don't ask that I think I will!
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Gina |
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Banjo
Joined: 31 Jan 2004
Posts: 45
Location: Germany
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Hello Kim
I`m glad you mentioned that. That`s an amazing amout of money for good purposes Could you please tell briefly how it works? The thing is, over here, eg. during the Hamburg marathon one or two organisations will try to collect money, partly by runners while they are on the course. For me that wouldn`t be such a good idea as I feel I`m in a competition (to get it right, I`m not more than an average hobbyrunner, but you prepare for it and try to see what`s in your limit). There are also (mostly shorter) charity runs, where parts of your registration fee go to a special project, but there is not such a big movement as it seems to be in London, where you as an individual runner try to find people to support „your“ charity organisation. So what I`m interested in, you said „if he completes the marathon, he stands to raise...“, is it a prerequisite for your boss to cross the finish line? How will he gather this big amount? |
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Gina |
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Banjo
Joined: 31 Jan 2004
Posts: 45
Location: Germany
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Hello Bruce
so far Carl isn`t on the charity runners list, so you are probably right. He seems to be a „running junkie“, although reasonable, it must be hard to cut back then. „Questions and Answers“, it`s just done once or twice a year. I had asked Helen last year a question about Carl`s running and what I got was the invitation to join her mailing list, what I did, but quit that again after a while (I prefer to click the things I would like to see instead of being swamped by dozens of mails every day). The London Marathon will go in two weeks, and I`ll be part of it, so it would be just nice to know whether Carl will be there as well. Of course there is no chance to spot him, in case he takes part, he will depart from a different starting point. As I`ll be in the mass start (running number 55000 something), I`ll cross the starting line at least half an hour later than he would do. Ok, I`ll give Alan Coates a thought then, when passing the „Cutty Sark“ ship, he used to live at or near the pub in former years... |
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kim |
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Joined: 16 Jan 2004
Posts: 20
Location: blackpool
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Hi Gina i dont know how it exactly works out but you get sponsored so much for each mile so say if someone sponsored £200 per mile and you complete 9.5 miles then you would get £1900 from that person. Ill ask my boss the next time i see him how it works exactly. |
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Gina |
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Banjo
Joined: 31 Jan 2004
Posts: 45
Location: Germany
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Thanks Kim,
meanwhile I also read a bit about it in the Internet, it`s such a great thing, I just couldn`t believe you can mobilize so many people to support your charity...wishing your boss a good run and that he`ll finish safely |
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