Chris's Charity Challenge 2009
Fundraising Target: £2000.00
My Donations to date: £895
Fundraiser(s): Chris Rhodes
Event: Chris's Charity Challenge 2009
Event Date: 31st December 2009
Charitie(s) Supported: Cardiac Risk In The Young,UNICEF UK Committee Head Office,Lexden Springs Appeal Fund,
Rather than training and preparing for one event, I have decided to try and raise money in a different way during 2009!
So, my challenge for the year is this..........
TO COVER A DISTANCE OF 1000KM (621 MILES) OR OVER, USING HUMAN-POWERED TRANSPORT ONLY
The distance only takes into account organised events and not any of the training involved throughout the year, and will consist of activities like running, swimming and cycling (and sometimes all 3!).
Obviously, this will force me to maintain a high level of fitness throughout the year but my main aim for the year is to raise money for charities in a slightly different way. The three charities I have chosen are Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), Lexden Springs School, and UNICEF. These are all fantastic causes in their own right so please check out the links to see more about each and dig deep to help each towards their goals.
Unfortunately, due to injury (which I hope will be avoided for the rest of the year!), the start of this has been put back until 8th February when I will be doing the Great Bentley Half Marathon.
The full schedule so far is:
** 8TH FEB - GREAT BENTLEY HALF MARATHON - (21KM / 13.1M) ................ COMPLETED (1 HOUR 41 MINUTES)
** 28TH MARCH - BIG COW WINTER DUATHLON - 4.5KM RUN/16KM BIKE/4.2KM RUN - (24.7KM / 15.3M) ............ COMPLETED (1 HOUR 13 MINUTES)
** 3RD MAY - NEW FOREST TRIATHLON - 1.1KM SWIM/36KM BIKE/10KM RUN - (47.1KM / 29.3M) ............ COMPLETED (2 HOURS 38 MINUTES)
** 10TH MAY - BLUEBELL 5 RUN (8KM / 5M) ............ COMPLETED (34 MINUTES)
** 14TH JUNE - UK IRONMAN 70.3 TRIATHLON - 1.9KM SWIM/90KM BIKE/21KM RUN - (113.4KM / 70.3M) ............. COMPLETED (7 HOURS 35 MINUTES)
** 4TH JULY - HADRIAN'S WALL TREK - (135KM / 84M) ............. COMPLETED (6 DAYS)
** 9TH AUG - SUFFOLK COAST CYCLE - (96.6KM / 60M) ............. COMPLETED (3 HOURS 40 MINUTES)
** 2ND SEPT - LONDON TO PARIS CYCLE - (510.2KM / 317M) ............. COMPLETED (4 DAYS)
** 17TH SEPT - COLCHESTER 'RUN 4 FUN' - (4KM / 2.5M) ............. COMPLETED (15 MINUTES 44 SECONDS)
** 4TH OCT - FELIXSTOWE HALF MARATHON - (21KM / 13.1M) ............. COMPLETED (1 HOUR 53 MINUTES)
** 8TH NOV - STOWMARKET SCENIC 7 - (11.3KM / 7M) ............. COMPLETED (55 MINUTES 6 SECONDS)
** 5TH DEC - GRIM 8 - (13KM / 8M)
This schedule will have some events added to it over the year to push the distance as far beyond the target as possible. However, the core of these events will remain unchanged, including the toughest challenges of UK Half Ironman, Hadrian's Wall Trek and London to Paris Cycle over 4 days.
All the costs involved during the year such as event entry, travel and accommodation will be funded by myself so every penny you donate will go directly to these 3 charities. Every donation, whether big or small, will really be appreciated by me and the charities themselves, so once again, please, please give what you can.
I will keep you all updated with the progress. Thanks, and wish me luck!!
Chris
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TOTAL DISTANCE SCHEDULED SO FAR = 1005.3KM / 624.6M
TOTAL DISTANCE COMPLETED SO FAR = 992.3KM / 616.6M
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Contributions
| Display Name | Date | Amount | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Sadler | 23rd January 2009 | £20.00 | Good luck fella, that's a hell of a lot of challenges! |
| Helen Wuidart | 23rd January 2009 | £50.00 | Chris - All the very, very best of luck with this 'schedule'!! |
| Oliver Brew | 24th January 2009 | £30.00 | |
| Alastair Gilhooley | 26th January 2009 | £50.00 | See what you can do when you don't play football anymore & to be honest you will probably be better at this :-) |
| Nilesh Gondalia | 26th January 2009 | £10.00 | Good Luck |
| Jonathan Burns | 26th January 2009 | £50.00 | That's quite some challenge! 3 excellent causes, so the very best of luck Chris |
| Mikey Reynolds | 02nd February 2009 | £15.00 | Have Fun! |
| Owein | 06th February 2009 | £15.00 | Good Luck Mate!! |
| Ben Willett | 16th April 2009 | £10.00 | Good luck mate |
| Offline Donation | 27th May 2009 | £15.00 | |
| Caroline Littlefair | 27th May 2009 | £5.00 | Good luck |
| Fiona | 27th May 2009 | £5.00 | best of luck superman |
| Howard Bowen | 27th May 2009 | £10.00 | I mean this in the nicest possible way but your completley nuts mate! Good luck anyway. |
| Marie Prentice | 27th May 2009 | £10.00 | Good Luck!! |
| Iain McInnes | 27th May 2009 | £25.00 | You nutter :-) |
| Alan Millard | 27th May 2009 | £50.00 | Assuming that you're still in one piece to collect at the end! |
| Matt Bruce | 27th May 2009 | £10.00 | What a challenge! Best of luck. |
| Vicky Fryer | 27th May 2009 | £20.00 | You go Chris!!! |
| Peter Horncastle | 27th May 2009 | £25.00 | Mentalist |
| William Waddell Dudley | 28th May 2009 | £10.00 | |
| Russell Coward | 28th May 2009 | £100.00 | Hey Chris - Good luck chap, 621 miles is that all!! Russ & Rosie x |
| Nicola Manuel | 28th May 2009 | £50.00 | Good luck, I look forward to knowing what the next challenge is after this years. :) |
| Nilesh Gondalia | 28th May 2009 | £10.00 | Go for it!! |
| dipak kapur | 28th May 2009 | £20.00 | Only 559 to go! Good luck... |
| Ross Dingwall | 29th May 2009 | £10.00 | Great effort Chris, I know how hard it has been training for just one marathon so this is fantastic. Good Luck |
| Kelvin Rhodes | 27th June 2009 | £100.00 | Well done Chris, very proud of you. Good luck for the rest! Love Mum & Dad x |
| Jan Reynolds | 01st September 2009 | £20.00 | Good Luck Chris on the London to Paris Cycle. |
| Adam Goddard | 27th September 2009 | £50.00 | Well done for what you have done so far, and good luck form the rest. Adam & Amy |
| 12th October 2009 | £70.00 | ||
| Selange Gitschner | 11th December 2009 | £10.00 | Amazing !!!!! |
| Miranda Kinder | 16th December 2009 | £20.00 | Well done Chris. An amazing achievement. |


