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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 noticed that I have written a good deal on the subject of quitting smoking and a number of people have offered advice on the subject. I also recall blogging on the subject of knowing the course in advance and launching a Kickstarter appeal for the sponsorship drive.

SO..here is the plan. Over the next two days ( both of which are free days for me ) I will:-

1) Embrace the frozen fowl i.e completely quit smoking by sheer application of will power ( my ant like prowess in this department may be somewhat of an impediment ). I will call upon Gaabriel to bear witness on Tuesday night that I have indeed been nicotine free for 48 hours

2) Tomorrow I will set up an Indiegogo or Kickstarter appeal for $1500 which is the total amount that we will be looking to raise in half marathon sponsorship. This is not the total amount that we need for the event BUT other funding will come form other sources, particularly the spoon appeal.

3) On Tuesday I will tour Sauvie Island and we will present a full pictorial record of the trip on this blog. That way both you, dear reader, and I, will 'know the course'

Gaabriel wrote a brief description of the island for this post:-

Sauvie Island, a mass of land larger than the island of Manhattan, is a bit north of the city of Portland, bounded on one side by the Columbia River, which separates Oregon and Washington state, on another by the Willamette River, which runs through the city of Portland, separating it east and west, and empties into the Columbia to join its rush to the sea a few hours west. It's an idyllic site, about half farms and half wildlife refuge, with public beaches, including one clothing optional.

The island is very popular with picnickers, hikers, birdwatchers and bicyclists and hosts fall pumpkin picking and the annual Halloween pumpkin trebuchet, in which one or more farms erect a trebuchet which shoots the largest pumpkins they can find at an abandoned car.

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She has assured me that all this is "lots of fun" and threatened to take me birdwatching and kayaking there on the river.

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