A Journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Fund raising for Headway - the brain injury association
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Touching the Void
Joe Simpson
It's not about the Bike
Lance Armstrong
The Lore of Running
Tim Noakes
One of the lasting affects of my accident has been that I will now raise funds for Headway - the brain injury association as most people who have suffered brain injury are not able to contemplate running 1 mile let alone a marathon or further.
I had my accident in Jan 2003. These are the fund raising efforts that I have carried out on Headways behalf:
May 2004 : Neolithic Marathon. Raised £2000 which I split between Headway and the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust who organise the event.
March 2005 :I got a team together to take part in the High Peak Marathon. Between us we raised £3000 for Headway.
June 2006 : I ran the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. Raised £3000 for Headway.
June 2007 : A run of the 3 peaks (Snowdon, Scafell and Ben Nevis) and cycle the 540 miles between them. 3 Peaks, 2 Legs and a Bike.
I made as much use of the Sustrans routes as possible for the cycling stages.
Raised £1600 for Headway.
2008 : At the moment my plan is to not do any major fundraising event in 2008. In October 2007 I started working a 5 day week which is hard enough without having to train for a multiday event.
I may revise this depending on how the 5 day week goes. I do intend to run the Headway Jersey marathon in October again which may become my fund raiser for the year.