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This morning we entered the “Top 50″ list of fund-raisers on MyCharity.ie This is based on the amount raised…..we are very close to €4,000 now.

You can see us currently at number 47 here: www.mycharity.ie/info_topFundraisers.php

I was really disappointed with my time last weekend on the 1st race of the challenge… so I managed to get a late late race number for the Clontarf 5 mile this morning… only got it at the last minute. Was on my own and more focused and took 10 minutes off last weeks time to come in the 5 mile/8km in 46 minutes. Really enjoyed the race, it was very well organised and had a great atmosphere. One for the calendar for next year.

By the way, anyone to ran the race… There are some great photo galleries at this link

Thanks for a very generous donation from Barry, a good friend of ours, we’ve just passed the three grand mark! Woo hoo! €3,015 euro so far for the Irish Cancer Society. Thank you so much to everyone so far.

We got another mention in the Irish Independent today, in their FitMag section! It mentions our efforts at the weekend in Race 1 of my series. Woo hoo!

Marathon-Photos.com have released their professional photos of the 1st race of the challenge. And here are the previews! You can buy them from their website if you would like the memory for keeps.

Wearing the t-shirts during the race must work because over Saturday and Sunday of this race weekend we had 306 visitors to the RunForPaddy.com website! The normal daily visitor count is around 20.

Next Race: Entry Closes Tomorrow. The next race is in 3 weeks is in Swords (Sun 22nd July), a 10km one which is just 2km more then today’s! I checked online as a few people said they might do it. It says entry is only open until tomorrow, 1st July. You can apply here and it’s €20 including the race number, t shirt and goodie bag etc… http://dublinmarathon.ie/race_series.php

The chip time results from today are up online already!. Check using this website: http://www.tdl.ltd.uk/

Hi all!

So, we did it! The first race of my six is over with now five more to go towards the Marathon in October. Today was great fun, with so many people out running with us. 16 in total, amazing! We had more in support too on the sidelines, which really added to the day. We all finished it in respectable times… some a little quicker than others like Stephen and Niall! What a great buzz.

Mary passed me after a short time, proving she’s been training harder then she told me! Adrian H, Harry and Willy set off at the front and did great times. Ann and Martin powered over the line in a way quicker time then they had anticipated too. Regina and Arlene with Jennifer and Aoife crossed the line with plenty more left in the tank as you can see from the pics. I did around 56 minutes which I was happy with considering I’d been unable to train for a couple of weeks… and probably too many late nights on me recent hols. Brian, Aoife, Ritchie & Philomena looked like they could have done it again from the pic at the end.

Thanks so much Helena and Marie for all the help on the day and Karen, Lisa, Mia and Eabha there cheering us all on too!

Thanks for the support. I also collected some more money which brings us up and up again towards a total that I could have only dreamed of.

Adrian