Monday 27 April 2009

Thanks for everyone

Roselyn and i are just overwhelmed with the level of support yesterday , and since we started talking about taking part in the London Marathon. For the record i completed the Marathon in 4hrs 33 minutes and Roselyn completed it in 4 hrs 58 min, during the run Ros stood in a queue for the toilets for 8 minutes, which made her time even more incredible given the heat!! A fun story- during her time queuing 4 guys dressed in totos came in about all strapped together, only one of them was wanting the toilet, she said the guy got some abuse as you could imagine- this would only happen in the London Marathon!! To date we have about £9000 sitting in our Make A Wish account, however i spoke my mother this morning, and only yesterday she received 3 donations. Thank you- Thank you - Thank you for all your donations!! What the final total will be i just dont know but will be over £10,000!!!! It is really appreciated and many more kids with life threatening illness for our area will benefit because of your generosity than we ever thought possible. It was amazing day from the word go the crowds were huge, and they cheered us around the whole way!! One minutes we running with dalmation, the next minute a Rhino, we passed another a guy dressed up a Baywatch chick, one guy even run with a thong (which it stated he was paid £5000 to wear for charity). I stayed with Roselyn for the first 13 miles and then i went off on my own, given the heat (my face is all sunburned!!) i think i made the right decision as if i had gone off earlier i probably would have gone to fast and probably wouldnt have been able to finish!!! After we finished we had a reception with Make A Wish, and we got photographs taken with our medals. Roselyn and Steph are hitting the shops today, and i am "resting" (yes i know its not like me) back at the hotel. We fly back home tonight. Thanks again for everyones support. We have an amazing amount of friends in Peterhead and around the country through Jogscotland and we really appreciate everyone of you. Enjoy your jogging tonight, and we will see everyone on Wednesday night.