Today I was excited to meet the rainforest foundation's marathon coordinators, and some others running the London Marathon for the charity too. We had a great introduction to what the Rainforest Foundation does and it was really interesting. I knew that their effort was mainly was both for environmental and humanitarian impacts, but it was great to see more into where exactly the money raised goes and learn about the specific projects. They didn't give us loads of ideas for fundraising, but they gave us solid suggestions of things that we could actually put into practise. They also offered us loads of support for any events that we could possibly host. I would really like to host a Clothes Swap at a cool pub, and they said they would get their volunteers to come to help out on the day! That's such a massive life saver for me, as after venues, finding enough hands on deck has been the most daunting task. I know a few people, but I want to invite them to the invite, not make them work! One of the guys works in alcohol distribution (or something like that), and has offered his contact in help to get a sponsored event. He's particularly enthusiastic to raise a lot of money as a friend of his attempted to run the marathon in 3 hours 15 minutes last year... and although he was running strong at 22 miles, he somehow collapsed cold at 24 miles. So now 'Mark' is running in his place with obvious plans to raise a ton!
Turns out 'Alex' lives just up the road from me too... so since he's a 2.55 marathon runner I jumped at the opportunity to join him on a run. I really want to run faster, so hoping he'll be my rabbit in the dog race and I'll be on his toes. I am not calling myself a bitch! haha!
So six weeks away... I need to raise 700 pounds! Then I have to raise the other 800 pounds after that date. Ack!! But definitely feeling more positive about the whole thing now :)
Went for a swim today... and then didn't cycle home. Good enough I think.
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