August ended up being another full month for fundraising for The Long Push 2012 after the date of the journey was pushed back from August to 8th/9th September. Details follow, but here, with the most important figure first, are the stats for August
CHARITY FUND TOTAL AT 31st August - £2288.66
TRAINING MILES COMPLETED IN JULY - 11.1 miles
TOTAL MILES TRAINING TO DATE - 370.8 miles
NUMBER OF VIEWS OF THIS BLOG at 31st August - 7234
NUMBER OF FACEBOOK 'LIKES' at 31st August - 513
Read about these donations in more detail elsewhere in the blog.
Most importantly during August the charity fund increased by another £600.97 to come to a whopping £2288.66 and if all goes well this is due to rise by another £350 to take the total well past the £2500 mark. Amazing!! The charity fund rose by so much partly due to these donations among others:
- Thom Bleasdale Art : Sale of one of Thom's photographs on a skateboard deck - £120
- Donation by The Lions Club of Southport - £100
- Parkside Court Diamond Jubilee garden fete and Cream Tea together contributed - £350
Read about these donations in more detail elsewhere in the blog.
And despite the original 'target figure' of £5000, £2,500 is WAAAY more than I ever expected The Long Push to make for Families Connected by Autism. Very interested to see what the final figure is after the journey is done and all the final donations are counted and added to the current total. We could end up raising over £3000!!!!
But August wasn't a good month for training, following the fall had in Blackpool at the end of July. I had to take time to let my knees recover and then had other problems with an Achilles tendon pull too. So only 11.1 miles skated in August, which was a pain. I kinda lost my training impetus, but on the positive side, I suppose I'll be fresh for the full 100 mile journey. Just got to get a few miles in this week.
Views of the blog rose over the 7000 mark, which is amazing. Please keep reading and sharing the link.
Facebook 'likes' grew by another 57 to go over and above the 500 mark. Excellent.Thanks to all who responded to my posts to share and get to 500 before The Long Push journey itself.
Much more to come this week. Stay tuned....
Chris
But August wasn't a good month for training, following the fall had in Blackpool at the end of July. I had to take time to let my knees recover and then had other problems with an Achilles tendon pull too. So only 11.1 miles skated in August, which was a pain. I kinda lost my training impetus, but on the positive side, I suppose I'll be fresh for the full 100 mile journey. Just got to get a few miles in this week.
Views of the blog rose over the 7000 mark, which is amazing. Please keep reading and sharing the link.
Facebook 'likes' grew by another 57 to go over and above the 500 mark. Excellent.Thanks to all who responded to my posts to share and get to 500 before The Long Push journey itself.
Thanks as ever, to THE LONG PUSH 2012 sponsors:
www.bigwoodys.co.uk www.uk.dcshoes-store.com www.sporting-sails.com www.orangatangwheels.com www.jandrsports.co.uk and to all who have donated and supported me in any way so far.
Much more to come this week. Stay tuned....
Chris
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