Monday 9th January 2012 - Evening Leader article

Today is a rest day on my schedule so nothing occuring on the training front (apart from 100 press-ups done to punish myself for more lapses of motivation work-wise).   However it was a very good day for fundraising.  I got my photo and a great write up on page 3 of the paper.  I'm really grateful to the Wrexham Evening Leader for the help they gave publicising the effort.  Hopefully it will lay the ground for when I drop leaflets around the Wrexham area over the coming weeks.  I think I look really fat in the picture but hopefully that will help the sponsorship as people look at it and think that I need all the help I can get!!

I saw the benefit of the leaflets I dropped yesterday with Grace and it pushed my fundraising up to around the £600 mark!  I'm absolutely delighted!  A huge thank you to all those who sponsored me today and yesterday; especially Liz who generously donated £50, increased to £62.50 with Gift Aid - awesome, thanks Liz!!  I'm grateful for every donation, large or small.  They all help me to get closer to my target.

I have the remaining leaflets to drop and then I'll get a new batch made up.  I think for the second set I will try to push for business sponsorship.  I can include the logo and perhaps a small advertising message on the leaflets so that for a sponsorship at a certain level I can give firms a free leaflet drop to 2,000 homes in the area.  If you are reading this and you know of a company who might benefit from this then do let me know.  I would love to be able to help some local firms out at the same time as growing my sponsorship fund.

JUST THE FACTS!!
Weight: 79.6 Kg

TODAY 
Distance 0 miles
Time  0
Elliptical 0 hrs
Kcal  0
Press-ups 100
Swimming 0 m
Sauna  0 mins

TOTAL
Distance 327.41 miles
Time  60:01:06
Elliptical 11:06 hrs
Kcal  34,388
Press-ups 600
Swimming 10,750 m
Sauna  5:50 mins

FUNDRAISING
The fund is at £597.53. 
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Please remember that I'm inflicting all this pain and misery on myself for a cause greater than just having a good story to tell over a beer. I hope to raise over £9,500 for MENCAP; an amazing charity who help those born with learning difficulties to live a normal life and to enjoy the same opportunities and choices that the rest of us take for granted.

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