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Anyone fancy sponsoring me for a marathon?
Anyone fancy sponsoring me for a marathon?
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I should have said she raised the same amount on two events, and with her employers giving her a cheque for the same amount.
One person on here put up £150.00 which is astonishing. |
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Yes Rob. Something like 65% of Gemma's was from the guys on here!
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Thanks for the PM. Tried to reply but it seems to have gone AWOL.....
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Yes have received your replies. Thanks AP.
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Over seven hundred quid now.
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It's going well.....
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it is thank you AP.
A couple of weekend contributions from our world cup winning antipodean friends. One family, one betfair. what's not to like. |
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Need to give it another push, and up your target to £1k
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Bump!!!!
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ttt, it's a great cause rob is running for.
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Bump.....
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Ok £770 quid in the bank, I have upped the target to a grand. I have also added a picture of me in this morning's running kit (the Luton Town hoodie is round the waist within the first mile, but i hate starting off cold) so you can see what the d1ckhead you are sponsoring looks like in real life. One rule....No viewing without sponsoring. You've all been most generous so far and it is very much appreciated. one last push please.
https://www.justgiving.com/robert-bishop1/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=20150405_ |
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Good luck Rob. Be sure to let us know how you get on.
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My race number is 16299. If anyone is really that keen there is an app that means you can follow a runner as they go, well it gives splits every 5k.
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Good luck Rob; you might be interested in the daily marathon tips that I've been putting on my company's facebook page & twitter feed
www.facebook.com/Xempo.uk www.twitter.com/xempouk One every day this month, though I expect you won't need to bother looking past this weekend. I'll be out on the course so will look out for you to give you a cheer, although in reality that's nigh on impossible trying to spot a stranger in a sea of thousands. Hope the weather stays good for you. |
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Nice one Danno. I am actually gonna be wearing my firm’s bright fluorescent pink football shirt and probably a fluorescent orange cap – so reasonably noticeable. I am pretty steady and should be very close to the 8:30 min/mile mark right up to the 18-20 mile mark – then it is no man’s land. Could be carnage, we’ll see.
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I went to the vets today rob for Muttley's swimming session, she is running the same marathon and has got nearly a grand in sponsorship as well. She is very fit and looks like a younger version of Christie Brinkley, she got a score from me as well. I was tempted to jump in the pool with her and Muttley
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She is raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support by the way who looked after Dad.
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Nice one Slippy. Yeah it is the second biggest mara in the country now, but only been going about six years. The lovely Jo Pavey is the official starter, quite looking forward to a cheeky Perv as I pass the starting line.
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Cheers Gnarley
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I need to stop reading so quickly....I was imagining a dog who looked like Chrisie Brinkley running in a marathon
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Come on guys....get this to the magic £1k
Just donate £3.00 to adopt a "dylan", and get a certificate and photographs, and help this endangered species. |
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Joel, that was not exactly a well constructed sentence by me there. |
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£867 in the tank now. Even got some money out of the Alan Partridge fan club on facebook. Still well over a third of the money has come from betfair chit chat. From people I have never met but have spent many happy hours chatting with and on occasions perhaps offending. Over ten years I have been on here now, bloody hell. Fair play to you all.
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I have sold you short. Just did a quick count and chitchat have provided very very nearly 50% of the overall donations. I have mentioned at work to a few people (they all know I am interested in gambling) that a lot of the money has come from people off the betfair forum, punters who I don't even know in person. More than one person has used the phrase "well they are happy go lucky people". that would not have been my description, I think most punters are very intense. But that is by the by, "generous" is The word I would use. And this thread proves it. Thanks again all.
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Rob, I do think overall punters are a generous bunch, but I also think there is something a bit wrong with us lol. I hope you reach the 1k mark.
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Punters are good as gold. I have said it before and I shall say it again. Chitchat is miles better than anything on facebook(even the Alan Partridge fan club page, which is actually very good) and the best forum on the net for my money.
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The £1000 mark has been breached. Thank you all and particularly Mr Anonymous. You know who you are you have provided about one third of the sponsorship. There is always that little box you can tick that allows you to be anonymous but lets face it all of us want it to be known that we have donated, if nothing else because we want out little witty quote to be attributed to us. Not Mr Anonymous, he is a chit chatter. He has donated a lot of money. He may or may not be rich, I don't know. The physically disabled kids of Brighton will appreciate it. Thank you very much.
26 hours to go. I like to think one day I will be rich and when I am I hope I do things like you. |
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Well said, Rob. We are probably a motley crew (I know I am!) but its the inner person that counts. I raise my hat to Mr Anonymous. Respect to you, Sir. I hope your generosity brings you the pleasure that you deserve.
Well done, Rob, in taking on this marathon for the kids. Well done to ChitChat in general...sometimes it makes me happy to be on here...BUT NOT OFTEN! (That last bit was just in case you think I'm becoming overly agreeable!)   |
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Wishing you the very breast for tomorrow Rob.
I knew you would hit £1k for sure, and there's still time for plenty more. Just have to be cheeky and ask for it.....  |
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You are both right. Brendan UK sponsored me which highlights your point. I think I am very politically opposite to him and have had a fair few disagreements with him in the past, but he still sponsored me. I respect that, good lad.
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Good luck again Rob; will give you a shout if I spot you. One last bit of advice; get down to the start early. Take a book or mag to pass the time. With thousands of people, everything takes much longer than you'd think. Transport, toilet queues, baggage queues, getting into the start area etc. Get there early and just relax for a bit.
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Good Luck!
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£1,067.55, a brilliant effort to raise so much money for a truly wonderful cause. Well done rob.
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Good luck Rob
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Best of luck Rob. Looking forward to seeing your time.....
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1.8 Mr Anonymous is Aunty Post.
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He'll be approaching the bonk about now.
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