Beardy Al Green completes 12 marathons in 12 months for O2e
An uplifting theme of 2019 has been Forest Gump (Alexander Green) completing a marathon each month for O2e. Beardy Al finished his 12 th in his home town of Newport surrounded by friends and family who have been supporting him enthusiastically all year. A modest man with a “fairly thin” athletic record (his words), following a near death episode when he was a youngster, this has been a terrific achievement and the final event was a suitably celebrated with many supporters joining Al to run some or all of his last marathon this year, a big welcome back at Chateau Green, bubbles, food, cake, a carol written specifically to commemorate Al’s achievement, a beautiful hand crafted medal made by Al’s Dad, Richard, to commemorate his achievements and Al gave a tearful and heartfelt speech thanking everyone, emphasising the importance of the charity and what it means to him and finally thanking girlfriend Lauren in particular for all her support. All in all, a magical end to a memorable and exhausting series. And almost £5k raised for O2e (with gift aid)!! Brilliant job Al ( https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/als12in12)
Skelly400 2020
Regular O2e-ers will forgive me for highlighting this event – The Skelly 400 was started by Paul Skelly, who was instrumental in setting up this charity and was a valued and much-loved friend to many, not least the Beckenham Rugby Cyclists and Beckenham Rugby Club community. Paul touched many people’s hearts before sadly passing away three years ago far too early. One of his many legacies is the Skelly 400, a brilliant springboard for your exercise regime in 2020 but definitely not for wimps. The event requires participants to ride 400 miles in January in one of 2 ways:
Grand Fondo : At least 10 miles outdoors every day plus 100 miles on one day in January
Epic: A total of 400 miles in January, achieved in whatever way possible indoors or out, bike or wattbike, regular daily rides or sporadic rides.
The miles will be totted up on a Strava group, but I need to know soonest who is up for the challenge so please email me or ring TODAY to let me know you’re in. It’s a great way to celebrate Skelly’s life and to start your 2020 campaigns.
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