Way back at the beginning of this year when I originally decided to rope some friends of mine into a 10k run for charity I needed to think of a target….the money that I would like to achieve.
Originally I had several activities that I was thinking about doing this year and thought that the best thing to do was to think of a total that I would like to raise in a whole year….and I thought £5,000 would be an amazing amount of money to put straight towards research for Melanoma.
I have spent the last month gathering up the last remaining sponsorship monies from various friends and acquaintances that have been generous enough to support the run….and have added them to total that had already been sponsored / donated directly online to the Melanoma Rollercoaster’s Just Giving page.
I have spent the whole day bouncing around in excitement and happiness!
That £5K total that I had marked for a whole year has been made – achieved – broken – trashed …..already!!!!
Thank you so so so very much for all your support & encouragement!
I never thought I would ever have been able to run 10k…..I never thought I would need to….but I would run that 10k again tomorrow and the day after that if I thought that we could raise that much money all over again!
This last week has been wonderful…and sad….
Wonderful because I LOVE birthdays – especially little people’s birthdays & my little lady had her birthday & my heart leapt out of my body with love and pride.
Sadness because one of my friends…a fellow Melanoma patient called Mark Carter passed away. The sadness was because he was a genuinely nice man who was incredibly supportive towards me and other Melanoma friends…..but the sadness was also a deeper…more primal sadness driven by fear.
This monster is as yet without a cure.
This monster is hiding somewhere inside me…waiting…..waiting to strike.
This monster is the unknown entity that is Melanoma.
£5,112.25….!!!! It’s an amazing amount of money!
The charity as a whole has already raised £50,000 – which is phenomenal in such a short amount of time.
But let me be clear….more is needed.
Research costs money & continued research is vital if I want to carry on celebrating birthdays with little people.
On September 14th I will be joining with several other friends to take on a 5 hour Aerobathon challenge. Each Aerobic class is 30 minutes….and I am going to try and do 10 in a row.
Just for the record…..I believe it is over 14 years since I last went to an aerobics class.
Join me….join us….if you are local come and take part….I have sponsorship forms ready to hand out…. or buy raffle tickets….if you are further afield please sponsor me….and help me raise money for melanoma research…let’s try and find a cure for the monster!
I know you know the link already – to the right or below!

Melanoma Rollercoaster Just Giving Page