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Hello everyone! Very Quick update: Coach booked (only £10 return for BOTH OF US!! Wow - funfare!!) Hotel (almost) booked - good price, quiet location right near central London, just awaiting confirmation - we're staying two nights and planning to rest before and after!!! I'm pretty sure this will be a one-off for me, so PLEASE sponsor us - all funds raised are for NRAS, so please pass on our details to friends and family. Thank you! xxxxx More details - http://www.virginmoneygiving.com/LIZBUCKLEY Im training slowly but surely - building up stamina - we both have amazing running shoes with a bit of "bounce" in them! Sophie ran for sport relief yesterday. She ran 3 miles - so half what we will do in May. The local papers were there - she had her piccie took so Im buying them all this week hoping she is in there!!
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Well done Lizzie with all training, sounds like it's going well and big well done to Sophie for her Sport Relief run. Keep on running!
Have we sent you one of our new running vests? They are very smart!
Thank you from all the NRAS Fundraising Team
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Thanks Tracey, We've got our vests all ready xx We've got a few sponsors from online, more offline - family and friends, more welcome!!!!! We will be sending some posters thru' soon for you to check before we go really public with our campaign! Life put these things on hold recently, still training tho' but not much last week for various reasons, catching up again now & pacing well :) I had check up with my lovely gp yesterday and all fine, taking it steady in my amazing running shoes!!! Sophie has been doing pressups and has developed some sturdy little muscles (wii fit!) We are bringing some sponsor forms to the forum get together, If anyone would like some forms please just contact me via here or facebook and i will email some xx Just waiting for Sophie to pose for an updated photo then posters all ready! Hotel booking confirmed! Starting to get excited now!  and a bit nervous!  :)
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Hi lizzie-I'm going to try again with my card on http://www.virginmoneygiving.com/LIZBUCKLEY and see if it works this time! YES I'VE CHANGED, PAIN DOES THAT TO PEOPLE.
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 shoes sound great well done you both,il sponsor aswel. good idea rest beforehand and afterwards. hope it good weather should be by end may. melly cuddly cats make my world seem so much more fun
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Hi Lizzie
Glad the training is still going well - keep on running! Looking forward to seeing the posters.
Tracey
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Hi Tracey,
Will be sending posters for checking at end of next week after hols - STILL haven't pinned Sophie down for our updated piccie but training is going well! :)
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Glad the training's going well Lizzie!
You are so brave to even think about attempting this run.
Love, Doreen xx
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Dear All, As you know Sophie and I will be taking part in the Bupa 10K in London on 31st May, raising funds for the NRAS. This is in appreciation of the great support I have had from NRAS over the years, especially when newly diagnosed with R.A. I just think they're great for all the information I have found thru' them and have then been able to share with my family, ..... and I SO appreciate the forum which I only joined last year - and don't know why I hadnt joined before!! Every penny we raise is going directly to NRAS. If you haven't sponsored us yet the link is below: and please can I ask if you would also share this link with others so we can raise as much money as possible for our very worthy cause.
Thank you!www.virginmoneygiving.com/SOPHIEandLIZAlso have a look for our page on facebook, "Sophie and Liz - Running for the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society" Thanks again! I have tried to add the attachment for sponsor form templates that Val sent me as I would be so grateful if anyone would like to help raise a few more sponsors but i cant make it work....  maybe Val or someone will add the link here for anyone who would like to help us raise even more money. Thank you Finally, work and home is VERY hectic at the moment (work is IMMENSE, nuff said, ....also my Uncle has had a bad fall - he's back home from hospital with a deep head wound and a very shiny red eye, recovering well but very very lucky after a bad fall in the garden...) So, I just thought if as many people as are able to help, had a sponsor form - this could really help raise our total and I would be SO grateful!!! Thank You All! Lots of love ~ from Liz and Sophie xxxxx
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and did i forget to mention... I'm ONLY going to do it ONCE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Doing it once is an amazing achievement :) I've sent your page link to a few friends, hope they donate or I'll refuse to fix their pooters ;) 2012 Fundraising for the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/RoboJo
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Thanks Jo xxxxx & I've just heard from Val, everyone ~ and she says anyone interested in a sponsor form to help me, please contact val@nras.org.ukTHANK YOU!
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We should be in our local paper over the coming week, :)
~ will let you know more as soon as we hear from them xxxxx
Any ideas for getting more funds please let us know,
Sophie is off fully armed to school tomorrow ~ with poster and sponsor forms,
Im poorly at the mo, cant sleep & been keeping everyone awake coughing,
Theres a bug going round, nothing too drastic but has knocked me off my feet for a coupla days - all dosed up on lemsips, VERY annoying!!!
Take care all, love and hugs ~ Liz xxxxx
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Hope you feel better soon Liz ,
Sophie x
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Thanks Sophie, feeling a little bit better now, had day off work today but going back tomoorow, Thank you for donations xxxxx Have just sent a link and pic to my work organisation-wide monthly newsletter so hope that may help the cause a bit more, xxxxx
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Hi Liz I meant to sponsor you and Sophie when we were at Leicester but it went right out of my head!! Now done it online! I will be thinking of you on Monday 31st and wishing I was there running with you. Enjoy the day, the support, the scenery but most of all ... your achievement. Thank you for doing this in support of NRAS. All the best to you both. Lyn xx
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Ditto what Lynn said Go girls and enjoy it. Hope the weather is just right for running for you  Will be thinking of you both. Have sponsored you on line. Love from Ann "I cannot do everything. I accept that. Not being able to do everything is no excuse for doing nothing." ~ Helen Keller
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Well, i WANT it to rain.... not all morning but just at the start - like on marathon day - apparently it helps with oxygen absorption or something scientific - we've got our sun lotions, hats, NRAS tee shirts, race numbers all ready......
Both our race numbers have arrived, mine turned up on my birthday!
I think the run might be on tv - apparently it was last year, on channel 5 so will have to investigate this and get back to you all,
We're definitely taking our beetroot juice - proven stamina booster!
Not long now!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to all our sponsors so far, dont worry we'll definitely do it - my only ambition is to finish, LOTS of peeps are going to be walking - & I'm planning on sightseeing!
Sophie's really looking forward to some respite from all her GCSE's!! xxxxx
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Hi everyone, I have just started a blog on a new facebook site RA Chicks (I still dont really understand what I'm doing with these things but if you'd like to have a look this is the link... http://rachicks.com/blog...ie-157/lizzies-blog-16/
They have over 2000 members - just imagine if they all gave £1!!!
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