Initially, my intention was to run the 2010 Virgin London Marathon. After being unsuccessful in the Ballot, I was offered a Golden Bond place to run for Children with Leukaemia which I accepted. My Wife and I pledged to raise £4000.

After writing to many businesses for donations and exploring various different avenues of fundraising and considering the current financial climate, we were forced to reconsider our pledge.

I decided to forego our Golden Bond places for the London Marathon in favour of a paid entry to the Edinburgh Marathon. This had benefits of a logistical nature with us both being in based in Scotland and also, enabled training to run alongside fundraising.

My wife has decided that on the day she will look after our children so I am now on my own !

All donations received will still go to our selected charity and we hope to receive lots more than we currently have (approx. £30!).

Real fundraising efforts will follow after Christmas – So watch out all who know me !

It has been a while since I updated the MarathonEffort.com blog so here goes…

We have both been awarded Golden Bond places for the 2010 Virgin London Marathon so with the easy bit out of the way, now comes the training !

We have pledged to raise £4,000 for charity and will shortly be providing information on this site about the charity and how you can play your part in donatin to this good cause.

In the meantime, the link to our fundraising site is http://www.bmycharity.com/V2/barryandalison.

Please find it in your heart to dig deep and donate !

Thanks

I recently received an email from the charity, Children with Leukaemia (http://leukaemia.org) thanking me for my Golden Bond application.  They have confirmed that they are pleased to confirm that they are “considering” me for a place.

They have advised that an information pack will be sent over the next couple of weeks…..so watch this space…I will update the blog if indeed I am successful !

I am planning on do a 5 mile run tonight and will post the details once done…