Hello to everyone out there. I hope you all have had a wonderful festive season! My name is Rob, I am 24 w/cf and I live in London, England. Over Christmas I received some wonderful news that I had been accepted to run in the famous London Marathon in April 2005.
It has always been an ambition of mine to run a marathon, but of course having CF can be seen as a bit of an obstacle in this regard! However, I am extremely fortunate to be in very good health and have been training (in the cold!) for months, and will continue to up until the race. I truly believe I am more than capable of running the 26.2 miles and have even set myself an ambitious target time of sub 4-hours, a very decent time even for non CFers.
I have spoken with quite a few doctors and physicians over here and they don't know of any other person with CF who has ever attempted such a fete. This has further motivated me to raise money and train hard. I am raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust (The UK based CF charity - similar to the CFF), with an initial target of £3000. I believe this is a reachable goal.
In my campaigning for donations, I have spoken with hundreds of people about my condition... many of whom have heard of CF but never really known what it was. Like most of you I am sure, I feel just spreading the word about CF is hugely important. What better way to raise awareness of an issue than to raise money for it.
In this regard, I was wondering if any of you out there would like to sponsor me to run in the 2005 London Marathon. I have set up a webpage. If you have a moment, please check it out: www.justgiving.com/robertlake
Wish me luck! All the best,
Rob
It has always been an ambition of mine to run a marathon, but of course having CF can be seen as a bit of an obstacle in this regard! However, I am extremely fortunate to be in very good health and have been training (in the cold!) for months, and will continue to up until the race. I truly believe I am more than capable of running the 26.2 miles and have even set myself an ambitious target time of sub 4-hours, a very decent time even for non CFers.
I have spoken with quite a few doctors and physicians over here and they don't know of any other person with CF who has ever attempted such a fete. This has further motivated me to raise money and train hard. I am raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust (The UK based CF charity - similar to the CFF), with an initial target of £3000. I believe this is a reachable goal.
In my campaigning for donations, I have spoken with hundreds of people about my condition... many of whom have heard of CF but never really known what it was. Like most of you I am sure, I feel just spreading the word about CF is hugely important. What better way to raise awareness of an issue than to raise money for it.
In this regard, I was wondering if any of you out there would like to sponsor me to run in the 2005 London Marathon. I have set up a webpage. If you have a moment, please check it out: www.justgiving.com/robertlake
Wish me luck! All the best,
Rob