Running LEJOG: January 2008

Thursday 31 January 2008

Training's going well : running 6 days a week at the moment but once the higher mileage kicks in, I'll get Monday off as well as Friday...yahoo! At least that's one reason to look forward to the first day of the week! It's great to have company on the longer Sunday runs so really appreciated Debs and Jax's company last Sunday for the 15 miler round Poole and out to Upton Park - weather was brilliant first thing in the morning on a day that wouldn't have been amiss in the Springtime

Sponsorship is going really well so thanks everyone who's supported me so far....just keep it coming! The total pledged for Paul is standing at £235 and for Cancer Research £135 with further online donations of £105 making a total of £475 in just over 2 weeks

Saturday 5 January 2008

Well, here we go then. Forgive me if this all goes wrong as I'm new to this techy stuff and just trying to find my way round the website and what I actually need to do to get things up on my blog!

So, what is this all about......

The challenge : I'm going to RUN from Land's End to John O'Groats
Who with : me, myself and I !!
When : at the end of April, shortly after having run the London Marathon
How far is it : over 1,100 miles...that's around 42 marathons back-to-back!
How long will it take : around 10 weeks, averaging 17-20 miles per day
Who for : The Paul Seal Trust Fund and Cancer Research
Why : why not?

The Paul Seal Trust Fund - A life changing moment 30 May 2005

This is a message from my friend, Jennie Seal :

My brother, now aged 25yrs, has had his life changed forever. Please help us raise money for Paul.
He had been enjoying a year’s holiday in Australia with his friends staying mainly in Byron Bay. He was due home in July, but on May 30th, he was surfing as normal when he was taken off his board, in the curl of the wave, hit his head on the sea bottom and broke his neck. He spent nine weeks in Brisbane Hospital before flying home into Salisbury spinal unit to continue his rehabilitation, now a Tetraplegic (no significant movement from the neck down).
Meanwhile my family sold their home and found one with a ground floor extension with two bedrooms, so there was room to bring Paul home in May 2006 and have a live in carer to look after him.
This alone has been a big expense to my parents as they had just organised their lives and were thinking of retirement. Instead my mum continued to work full time as a nurse when she could really do with an extra day off each week to spend time with her son and take him out.
Carers are fine but Paul appreciates having his Dad and Mum around.
We are looking to raise enough money to pay off the mortgage they had to take out for the extra accommodation, which will then be Paul’s home - to add a bathroom for a spa bath, from which he will greatly benefit : he always loved the outdoor life, swimming and being on the beach, so a spa bath would be wonderful.
Since being home the strength in Paul’s right shoulder and upper arm has improved so he is able to feed himself which has given him some independence. He has a new companion a gorgeous brown Labradoodle puppy, Button, our first dog but she has made the family laugh again and is good company for Paul.
Good news is that they are working hard with Stem Cell research so one day spinal cords will be repaired and that would be tremendous, especially if people like Paul could walk again.
I know it’s a lot to ask and in normal circumstances I would not do so. Now however our lives have totally changed and I’d do anything to help my brother.
We hope to raise £200.000 : to us that is a huge amount but maybe if everyone gave a little we could raise it, give Paul his bath and my parents some piece of mind about finances and a little more time to spend with Paul.
Thank-you for taking the time to read this : I know there are other deserving people whose needs might be greater but we feel we must do everything and anything to give my brother Paul a good quality of life.

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If you would like to help me raise money for Paul, please send cheques payable to 'The Paul Seal Trust Fund' c/o 3 Willow Mead, Throop, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 0AF.

Many thanks, Carole AKA endtoendrunner

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