Hello everyone,
I just wanted to tell you all quickly about where I'm going tomorrow. Train from Sheffield to Gatwick, fly to Vienna, then start running...
I will be running for 30 days or so, west across the Alps, then south down to Nice. I'm running about 30-40 miles each day, carrying a pack with Mountain Marathon kit (if your MM was a month long!), and will be camping most nights.
The main reason for doing this is to raise money for a brilliant charity called Water for Kids. They are very small, with about 10 part time staff, but work really hard to secure water supplies in the developing world. Cholera, Dysentry and Typhoid kill millions of people, especially children every year, but with the simple and relatively cheap stuff they can do these deaths can be avoided. As they are a small charity the money goes straight to the projects in the field.
So, as you can all appreciate that running 1000 miles is going to be flipping difficult, I'd ask you to consider donating to Water for Kids. You can read all about the challenge on my website (www.bigalpsrun.eu) and blog (www.bigalpsrun.blogspot.co.uk), and donate at www.justgiving.com/bigalpsrun.
You can also donate by text. To send a tenner, text "ALPS 70 £10" to 70070.
Thanks everyone, see you in June! :thumbup:
Stu Walker (Shelf)
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