Ian Jarvis Marathon Update
Hi all First off, thanks for the many messages of support and good luck for last Sunday's London Marathon! I didn't run it and never planned to, but such a gesture was very welcome as I sat in the pub watching football. I am, however, doing the Edinburgh Marathon which is now only 5 weeks away. What this means is that there's still time for you, friends, to visit www.justgiving.com/mrsjarvisno1 and donate me some money.
I was reading in the paper the other day, an article offering advice to people on how to politely decline requests for sponsorship. The reason being that with people blanket bombing their address books asking for money, it's likely you'll get three or four such emails around the same time, so if you were going to donate to everyone things could a bit pricey. This is fair enough and I completely understand, but what I love and appreciate almost as much as people's hard earned cash, what gives me a special warm tingly feeling when I see someone new has donated, is knowing they've taken a few minutes from whatever they were doing, filled out some boxes, searched around for their credit card, gone through the mildly annoying process of typing in their 16 digit code and written us a little message when really they didn't need to. So if you've already given your beer tokens to someone else for charity, donated your money to someone you like just that little bit more than me (which I wholeheartedly understand), then no worries. But, if you could take a few minutes from whatever you're doing, fill in some boxes, search around for your credit card, go through the mildly annoying process of filling in your 16 digit code and write us a little message - then just donate a quid, I'd get a special warm tingly feeling and pain from my bleeding feet after 23 miles would be that much easier to bear.
Obviously don't all of you donate a quid, we'd never get anywhere! We're about £500 off our £2000 target so thank you very, very much to those who have already stumped up. Training is, as you'd expect with 5 weeks to go, quite intense. Last week I stepped it up to an 18 mile run, which wasn't too bad, I did have to stop briefly as I was feeling a touch bilious but I think that was because I drank a Lucozade much too quickly - I shan't be making that mistake again I assure you. I am also proudly still running in lycra jogging tights, despite the warmer weather rendering them unnecessary and a man in a car openly laughing at me at some traffic lights the other day. Give it 6 months and they'll all be wearing them, you watch.
Right, thanks for reading once again and for all your efforts from all the Jarvis family. My Mom's still doing okay and is currently enjoying a well earned holiday in Cyprus - her first for a couple of years. All the bestIan xxx
I was reading in the paper the other day, an article offering advice to people on how to politely decline requests for sponsorship. The reason being that with people blanket bombing their address books asking for money, it's likely you'll get three or four such emails around the same time, so if you were going to donate to everyone things could a bit pricey. This is fair enough and I completely understand, but what I love and appreciate almost as much as people's hard earned cash, what gives me a special warm tingly feeling when I see someone new has donated, is knowing they've taken a few minutes from whatever they were doing, filled out some boxes, searched around for their credit card, gone through the mildly annoying process of typing in their 16 digit code and written us a little message when really they didn't need to. So if you've already given your beer tokens to someone else for charity, donated your money to someone you like just that little bit more than me (which I wholeheartedly understand), then no worries. But, if you could take a few minutes from whatever you're doing, fill in some boxes, search around for your credit card, go through the mildly annoying process of filling in your 16 digit code and write us a little message - then just donate a quid, I'd get a special warm tingly feeling and pain from my bleeding feet after 23 miles would be that much easier to bear.
Obviously don't all of you donate a quid, we'd never get anywhere! We're about £500 off our £2000 target so thank you very, very much to those who have already stumped up. Training is, as you'd expect with 5 weeks to go, quite intense. Last week I stepped it up to an 18 mile run, which wasn't too bad, I did have to stop briefly as I was feeling a touch bilious but I think that was because I drank a Lucozade much too quickly - I shan't be making that mistake again I assure you. I am also proudly still running in lycra jogging tights, despite the warmer weather rendering them unnecessary and a man in a car openly laughing at me at some traffic lights the other day. Give it 6 months and they'll all be wearing them, you watch.
Right, thanks for reading once again and for all your efforts from all the Jarvis family. My Mom's still doing okay and is currently enjoying a well earned holiday in Cyprus - her first for a couple of years. All the bestIan xxx
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