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[Lydia]

Richard, my mild mannered husband, is running the Royal Parks Half Marathon in aid of the Battery Hens Welfare Trust on 12 October in London.

 

I know I'm not terribly well known on here so this is terribly shameless but I know the BHWT is a charity close to many of your hearts. If you feel you would like to sponsor him and donate to BHWT visit http://www.justgiving.com/richardvose.

 

Please wish him luck (and me as I have to live with him for the next month or so!) and, if you feel so inclined, do sponsor him. Absolutely no obligation of course.

 

Many thanks

Richard & Kate

Edited October 1, 2008 by Guest

[hillfamily]

Send him our best wishes - a very worthwhile cause :D

 

I've made a little donation

[WitchHazel]

Great thing to do. Well done Richard.

[Redwing]

I have sponsered Richard. Good luck with hitting your target

[buffie]

Brilliant and well done to him!! Keep us posted and we'll keep bumping this up. Pictures please and I'll see if we can get some in the BHWT newsletter in January

 

Buffie x

[Lydia]

Thanks Buffie, I'll appoint my dad Chief Photographer I think - that way we have a chance of them being in focus!

 

Thanks so much everyone for your support, both financial and in the fingers crossed department

[buffie]

Yes a great big thanks

 

Buffie x

[Egluntyne]

Good luck. I have sponsored him too.

 

Half way there!

[Redwing]

Just bringing this one back up the list a bit, dont want it to dissapear!

[Lydia]

Thank you Redwing.

 

He ran 8 miles yesterday morning and is currently doing things on the Wii Fit wearing only his boxers! It's soooo tempting to reach for the camera ......

[sparkysmum]

Just a note to wish Richard luck in his "half". I'm doing one on the 5th October & I hope Richard's training is going better than mine My long runs have become long lies Well not always. Keep up the training, Richard , it will soon be over. Best wishes for the day. Please post let us know how you got on Allison

[buffie]

Sounds like he's doing well

 

Buffie x

[Lydia]

Hello me again

 

Richard completed a 10k organised run round Chiswick this morning coming in after an hour. He says this was a "bit off" but I think he did rather well considering it was warm, fumey and the organisers hadn't laid on any water en route

 

And we're over £400! Thanks everyone

[Lydia]

Please send good luck vibes to Richard and the rest of the BHWT runners for this Sunday.

 

He was hoping for under 2 hours but he's managed to pick up a foot injury so maybe not. However, he's is completely determined to get round and I think he (and I!) will be really glad when it's all done and dusted!

 

He's managed to raise over £500 so thanks everyone for your generousity

[Egluntyne]

All the best. I hope you have decent weather.

 

Well done on exceeding your target.

[mostin]

Hi Lydia,

 

I bought the eglu converter and extension from you a couple of weeks a go and gave you a donation towards your hubbys run.

 

How did it go today, I am dying to know?

[Egluntyne]

He did it! I got an email, with pics.

 

Congratulations.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Bit belated, but I've made a small donation too.

 

I just received an email reminding me about the Edinburgh Half Marathon next April and you've inspired me to go for it again (I missed last year purely through laziness ).

 

Congratulations to your OH .

[Lydia]

Hi everyone, sorry for not replying sooner - been very busy at work and not had a moment.

 

Anyway, yes he it! 2 hours 17 minutes and 49 seconds - he wasn't happy with that but given his foot injury and the 23 degree heat in London, I think he did jolly well! He also beat his time from the Reading Half Marathon so all good.

 

He raised over £567 in the end which, together with the other BHWT runners sponsorship money, will apparently help rescue an extra 444 hens on each collection. Result!!

 

Big big big thank you to everyone who sponsored him.

Here's some pictures:

 

Looking fresh but only been going a mile:

 

 

Beginning to feel it at 6 miles:

 

 

Waving for the camera!

 

 

Just crossed the finishing line and totally exhausted:

 

Posing with fetching t-shirt and medal (the fact it was taken by the medical tent is pure coincidence!):

 

ANH - fingers crossed for you for April, go for it!