It is with great pleasure that Team Run announce the re-inclusion of the irrepressable Chris Pateman-Jones. Free from the shackles of his desert dwelling management, he is now free to leave the middle east and join Team Run in traversing the 700 km of mediterranean coastline. His addition has lifted spirits considerably within Team Run Towers and we are looking forward to his charm, wit, good looks and good table manners adding to the running experience. Oh, and his running ability will no doubt be invaluable too, especially with Richard Tipping's knee giving him all sorts of grief.
Further adding a boost to the team is that all round fitness machine/ironman Tom Williams may well join the team for the final day or two as we run into Monaco. He'll be in Nice on holiday anyway... so why not extend the holiday for a pleasant 40km run? So long as his line manager gives it the go-ahead, he's in. Good times!
Now with seven weeks to go, it seems the ambitious targets we have set ourselves are finally setting in. Training is on for young and old. But mostly young in our case. A couple of weeks ensued there where training malaise set in. It will not happen anymore. We will train and we will train hard. For those who are interested, Team Run blogger is competing in the London Triathlon this Sunday and welcomes support. He's not asking for sponsorship, but if you wanted to give it to him, just go to www.justgiving.com/vaticantomonaco and leave it there!
We are so into the training now that we are even participating in a game of croquet. This is actually to meet our peers from other companies, but will give an excellent chance to tell people about our charity run!
Oh, and we're ready to procure our kit. Everyone's favourite bilingual person from Dorchester, Rupert Guppy, has done some deals and is ready to hand over the credit card. If anyone reading this would be interested in getting there name displayed prominently on our kit, if you are one of our top two sponsors your name will be there. Not only will random Italians see it, but it is very likely our images will be published in construction & property related press. CRASH's very own PR & Communications manager, Gerogina Mead, and RLB's very talented Phil Higham are working hard on it.
Tuesday 28 July 2009
Monday 20 July 2009
What did the 0 say to the 8? Nice belt. 8 weeks to go!
If you've ever had the pleasure of meeting the members of the Team Run, you may have realised that several members of the team have large hair. This is not because we are all outrageously cool. This is because on a Friday night in the depth of the British winter, four of the team members were sitting around having a few beers and with clarity of mind, we decided we would not cut our hair until the run had been completed. So, given that the 4 of us made the deal in February, it will have been at least 8 months since we'd have a haircut, once the run is complete.
The choice to deprive ourselves of the simple pleasure of a haircut was made when the idea to run 700km was in its infancy. There has been a lot of banter about the run, but it is now most definately serious. Even Donkey Kong would say it's on.
It may be worth reminding people we plan to raise 5,000 pounds for CRASH (www.crash.org.uk). At the moment we have raised 123 pounds + the addition of gift aid. This is around 1 twientieth of what we need. We have a way to go yet!
So, I, Shannon McKenzie, have a further offer to make, subject to team approval. For every 200 pounds over 3,000 pounds that we raise, I will not cut my hair for a further month. This is to a limit of 6,000 pounds. A further 15 months past September without a haircut.
Disclaimer: The above offer is subject to team approval. It may also be worth running the idea past management. Not every company wants Chewbecca working for them.
Remember that website is www.justgiving.com/vaticantomonaco
The choice to deprive ourselves of the simple pleasure of a haircut was made when the idea to run 700km was in its infancy. There has been a lot of banter about the run, but it is now most definately serious. Even Donkey Kong would say it's on.
It may be worth reminding people we plan to raise 5,000 pounds for CRASH (www.crash.org.uk). At the moment we have raised 123 pounds + the addition of gift aid. This is around 1 twientieth of what we need. We have a way to go yet!
So, I, Shannon McKenzie, have a further offer to make, subject to team approval. For every 200 pounds over 3,000 pounds that we raise, I will not cut my hair for a further month. This is to a limit of 6,000 pounds. A further 15 months past September without a haircut.
Disclaimer: The above offer is subject to team approval. It may also be worth running the idea past management. Not every company wants Chewbecca working for them.
Remember that website is www.justgiving.com/vaticantomonaco
Monday 13 July 2009
Countdown. 9 weeks
It's a busy place is Team Run Towers.
The training has been stepped up. Graeme Kirkpatrick, has been backing up his talking abilities with plenty of running. He leads the Team Run training log with a massive 160 kms over the past 3 weeks. That, without a doubt, is a fine effort. Still, 100 kms within 5 days is the goal. Some way to go yet!
On the organisation front, Adam Graham, has taken his poster boy good looks down to the map shop and failed at buying us maps. He will be back though, with all the determination of Rocky climbing those stairs. He apparently was distracted by a girl luring him into the cinema. This sort of distraction is not easily tolerated in Team Run, and we expect better next time.
Team Run has a facebook. Resident computer geek S.McKenzie has set up a group. Some may think this is as self-indulgent as a Chocolate Sundae on a drug binge, but this is not the case. In fact, it's all about raising awareness, as we want this event to be successful, and we want £5,000 of money benefitting the homeless people we run for. If you are of the facebook persuasion, please join the group. It's called Team Run - Vatican to Monaco.
Finally, if ever you have a note, comment, complement, insult, or you just want to know who is Richard Tipping and what is he doing to my dog, then drop us an email at teamrun@uk.rlb.com. We may well reply!
The training has been stepped up. Graeme Kirkpatrick, has been backing up his talking abilities with plenty of running. He leads the Team Run training log with a massive 160 kms over the past 3 weeks. That, without a doubt, is a fine effort. Still, 100 kms within 5 days is the goal. Some way to go yet!
On the organisation front, Adam Graham, has taken his poster boy good looks down to the map shop and failed at buying us maps. He will be back though, with all the determination of Rocky climbing those stairs. He apparently was distracted by a girl luring him into the cinema. This sort of distraction is not easily tolerated in Team Run, and we expect better next time.
Team Run has a facebook. Resident computer geek S.McKenzie has set up a group. Some may think this is as self-indulgent as a Chocolate Sundae on a drug binge, but this is not the case. In fact, it's all about raising awareness, as we want this event to be successful, and we want £5,000 of money benefitting the homeless people we run for. If you are of the facebook persuasion, please join the group. It's called Team Run - Vatican to Monaco.
Finally, if ever you have a note, comment, complement, insult, or you just want to know who is Richard Tipping and what is he doing to my dog, then drop us an email at teamrun@uk.rlb.com. We may well reply!
Sunday 5 July 2009
10 weeks to go
Yes, that's right. 10 weeks today will be on the first day of the run... probably having just go into orbotello, the town at the end of day 1.
So, that's 10 weeks to do a lot of things. It turns out organising an event like this is quite difficult. There's making sure that there's 7 keen and able people to run the distance, there's sorting out the logistical nightmare that the trip is and there is the small matter of raising the 5000 pounds that we have set ourselves the target of.
Small achievements have been made. We have procured flights and rented cars. We have completed circa 200 kilometers of team training in the last 2 weeks (still very far off the mark of 700 km in 5 days we are going to run in September!) and we have earnestly started off our donation appeals, raising a certified 70 pounds.
The next couple of weeks will see us get our kit together and start planning the running track down to the nearest meter. It will also see us putting together our sponsorship packs and pushing hard for corporate sponsorship. We may also do some training.
So, that's 10 weeks to do a lot of things. It turns out organising an event like this is quite difficult. There's making sure that there's 7 keen and able people to run the distance, there's sorting out the logistical nightmare that the trip is and there is the small matter of raising the 5000 pounds that we have set ourselves the target of.
Small achievements have been made. We have procured flights and rented cars. We have completed circa 200 kilometers of team training in the last 2 weeks (still very far off the mark of 700 km in 5 days we are going to run in September!) and we have earnestly started off our donation appeals, raising a certified 70 pounds.
The next couple of weeks will see us get our kit together and start planning the running track down to the nearest meter. It will also see us putting together our sponsorship packs and pushing hard for corporate sponsorship. We may also do some training.
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