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Eddie Iz Sport Relief Challenge

Writing about web page http://www.comicrelief.com/donate/eddie

Please sponsor Eddie

Eddie Izzard, fabulous comedian and absolute gentleman. Offical website claims

He is the first to admit that he gets well paid for talking total bollocks. The good pay is because unlike the bollocks most of us talk, it's funny.

Not previously known for his athleticism Eddie has done what he does best turned convention on it's head for the past few weeks he has been on an alternative UK tour doing a bit of running for charity. So now after 4 billion, correction, 42 marathons, he will have a party in Trafalgar Square * yay *

Update: job done time to sleep!

http://www.youtube.com/v/Wj9YbHb4fEM&fs=1&hl=en

So how did this happen?

Eddie Iz told Sport Relief: I wanted to try to run around the whole of the UK. London to Cardiff to Belfast to Edinburgh and back to London, running through as many parts of the UK that lie in between our 4 capitals.

They said great. You're nuts.

Eddie Iz said yes but that never hurt.

Sport Relief said how far is this?

Eddie Iz said 1100 miles. I will try to run 30 miles a day for 6 days a week. It will probably take 7 weeks....

Along with many others (including over 1 million followers on Twitter) I have been following his steps with great and growing admiration for this truely awesome effort, here's how...

Twitter updates: Link (roll over me to see where I go)

Running blog: Link (roll over me to see where I go)

Unoffical tracking site Link (roll over me to see where I go)

Facebook group Link (roll over me to see where I go)

Fetcheveryone FETCH talk at Link (roll over me to see where I go)

Video Diary updates - BBC 3 Link (roll over me to see where I go)

Part 1 Link (roll over me to see where I go)
Part 2 Link (roll over me to see where I go)
Part 3 Link (roll over me to see where I go)
Part 4 Link (roll over me to see where I go)
Part 5 Link (roll over me to see where I go)
Part 6 Link (roll over me to see where I go)
Part 7 Link (roll over me to see where I go)

General Media stuff (personally think media have been quite quiet so far...)
GMTV Link (roll over me to see where I go)
Frank Skinner - Times Link (roll over me to see where I go)
Ice cream Borders welcome Link (roll over me to see where I go)
Times Link (roll over me to see where I go)
Mirror Link (roll over me to see where I go)
Cumbria Link (roll over me to see where I go)
Wales Link (roll over me to see where I go)
Surrey Link (roll over me to see where I go)
Daily Mail Link (roll over me to see where I go)

Been a while since I last experienced Eddie live stand up show but can highly recommend the experience and you might want to see a few clips of genius at work...
...cake or death Link (roll over me to see where I go)
...on Christopher Walken Link (roll over me to see where I go)
...death star canteen Link (roll over me to see where I go)
...being bilingual Link (roll over me to see where I go)

****btw WILL be seeing eddie again on my birthday ****

Catherine Fenn : 15 Sep 2009 00:07 |  Tags: Charity Comedy Comic Relief Eddie Izzard Sport Sport Relief |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

£500 up for grabs…

Writing about web page http://www.justgiving.com/cath

Top video tips welcome :)

Catherine Fenn : 08 Apr 2008 09:02 |  Tags: Charity Life London Marathon Running Sport Video |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Results of the ANT Prize Draw

Writing about web page http://www.justgiving.com/cath2006

THANK YOU to everyone who supported the ANT Prize Draw.

Another £70 towards that £1500 mountain of a target.

It costs ANT up to £70 to recruit, tissue–type and maintain the records of every new volunteer who joins the ANT bone marrow register. So WELL DONE for helping towards another new recruit!

Results

1st – Jennifer Davenport (personal training package)

2nd – Stephen Keep (running bear)
3rd – Hilly Padmore (running bear)

4th – Claire Runaghan (day at Warwick races)

Sports Coaching Courses
Claire Beck, Diane Clay, Julie Clee, Alan Cook, Gillian Elliot

Catherine Fenn : 09 May 2006 15:04 |  Tags: Charity London Marathon |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

HIGH, HIGH, HIGH!

Writing about web page http://www.justgiving.com/cath2006/

Heh ho lets go!!!!

Such a high of a day, smashed my personal best by 1/2 an hour!

The damp conditions didn't put a dampner on the day, and my lovely brother in law has just coughed up £50 on the wager that i wouldn't finish in under 4 hours :D

Now enjoying a lovely bread and wine supper back in Cov. ;–)

Catherine Fenn : 23 Apr 2006 20:38 |  Tags: Charity London Marathon |  Comments (3) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

FLM – putting the fun into fundraising…

Follow-up to Excitement, anticipation, nerves and fear! from Cath's Blog

For some reason the word insanity keeps popping up in my inbox? ;–)

After months of training I need to push hard for the £1500 fundraising target…

I've finally (at the 11th hour) had a bit of inspiration on the raffle/prize draw thing.

The logistics involved in a one day campus wide raffle are just too scary for words.
Also, the potential both for prize donor publicity and level of fundraising simply too limited for my target amount.

So I've grabbed on inspiration from a charity quiz that I had a bit of fun helping to complete last Sunday….

I'm going to create a virtual pub quiz, with some reasonably tricky questions, and charge £1 an entry.

Action plan as follows

BONUS early bird draw
Prizes (x5): *Get fit for summer with a sports coaching course

GRAND DRAW after May Bank Holiday
Watch this space for further details of prizes

*BIG THANK YOU to Sports Centre. Winners would have a choice: rock climbing, swimming, squash, tennis, golf.
Membership of Warwick Sport NOT included.

Catherine Fenn : 12 Apr 2006 14:36 |  Tags: Charity Life London Marathon Sport |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Trackbacks (1) |  Report a problem