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I am undertaking the challenge of completing 2 marathons, a half marathon and a triathlon over a 5 week period. My aim is to raise at least £1234.50 for what I consider to be 3 very worthy charities. The three charities I am raising money for are Claire House, Touraid and SCARD (Support and Care After Road Death and Injury) /CADD (Campaign Against Drink Driving). Local people will be well aware of Claire House and the fantastic job they do in caring for children with terminal illnesses and supporting their families. I was moved by the work done there when I took a group of pupils to deliver some money they had raised. Touraid is a young charity created to promote the mental, social, cultural, educational and physical development of children from disadvantaged backgrounds and to provide them with support by the healthy participation in physical recreation through playing rugby. Touraid tours will help forge links between schools and rugby clubs in the United Kingdom and those overseas thereby providing children in the United Kingdom and those from underprivileged areas overseas opportunities for development through playing rugby. Kingsmead, the school at which I work is committed to raising £7000 to bring 10 boys from Botswana over to stay with some of our pupils in September. The third charity and the one I have the most personal connection with is SCARD/CADD. Ever since my sister-in law and baby nephew were killed by a drunk driver in 1998 I have wanted to raise money for a charity that supports families who have to go through the trauma of losing a loved one. I also wanted it to be a charity that tries to educate people against the potential consequences of drink driving. SCARD and CADD are one and the same charity and this is the reason I have chosen to raise funds to support them. I hope to raise as much as I can to support their efforts by completing the London Marathon on 25th April, Harlech Triathlon on 9th May, Chester half marathon on 16th May and Chester Marathon on 31st May. Please give generously! You can donate online to Claire House and SCARD/CADD by following the links I have provided on this page. To contribute to Touraid I can pass cash or cheques (Payable to Kingsmead School and with "Touraid" written on the back) on and these will go into a specific account set up for this project.



Thank you for taking the time to read this!

Wednesday 31 March 2010

29/3/10
With 4 weeks till my first challenge of The London Marathon I am pictured here having just completed my penultimate "Long run". Approximately 19 miles in 2hrs 25mins and I felt good! I think I probably felt better than I look here! When Julie saw me don the rather strange looking hat her comment was "What is that? If it is a swimming cap it would look ridiculous!!" Well to her dismay i have been wearing it whilst I have pounded the roads of Wirral over the last few months. I have to say I agree with her but at least it keeps my ear phones in!! If anyone else knows a way of stopping ear phones falling out as soon as soon as they start running let me know! I hope to try to update this blog fairly regularly but will certainly update it as I complete each challenge! Thanks for reading it and your support is greatly appreciated!
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  1. Nick Birtwistle31 March 2010 at 14:45

    Matt, great effort and looking forward to following your progress!

    Nick & Sal

    PS I think a pair of these should sort you out:-

    http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/u4/hr/headphones-running-800X800.jpg

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  2. Hilary5 April 2010 at 00:56

    Love the hat!
    What an amazing challenge you've set yourself. Good luck with it all - I'll be following your blog.

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