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Follow the whole nine yards here (a 95 part series) :- Half Marathon Blog

Why I am running:- West Coast Eisteddfod Bryn Seion Church

For details of how to sponsor see this post

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I did not run today because I was not due to. My schedule involves running every other day. But I am still concerned about the rather persistent ( if mild ) pain in my right knee that I have experienced ever since I started training. I am going to investigate a better pair of running shoes and abandon my old daps ( see earlier post ) which are on the point of giving up the ghost anyway. I will also look into buying one of these knee supports with adjustable straps. Does anyone know how effective they are?

On a fund raising note....we were thinking of running the marathon pledges as a Kickstart appeal. Basically the levels of sponsorship would be on a per mile basis BUT there would be rewards built in as well. Supposing that we were aiming for $1500 in total donations the incentives would be roughly as follows:-

Personal Sponsorship

$1/mile e-copies of Gaynor Madoc Leonard stories
$2/mile tickets for Dave Western spoon
$3/mile level both of the above
$4/mile all above plus signed event poster

Website/Commercial or Community Sponsorship

$5/mile spot ad on event pages
$10/mile free admission to event and larger ad on event pages

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This is a rough first draft and we are open to suggestions for other prizes and/or other prize donations. In a few days time we'll run the appeal embed either on this blog or in the right hand column. It will be similar to the one on this page for the St David's Day L.A. appeal. That way people will be able to follow our progress and make their pledges all in one place without having to navigate to old blog posts or send emails. What does anyone think? Any ideas or suggestions?

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