THEY MADE IT!!

Sunday saw our 5 runners complete the amazing feat of running the London marathon!

All 26 miles of it.

They all did so well and we are proud of each one of them.

One of the runners, Vanessa Ashworth who is one of our staff members, made it round in a fantastic 6hours 29mins. She had never run before and was so delighted to have completed such a mamouth run!

She said: "Along all the course it was a party atmosphere bands playing and little children giving me sweets to keep my sugars up.

Even at one point a priest sprinkled me with Holy water,

I was grateful of any help to get me through.

Towards the end support was still there and I managed to run the last two miles at a good pace, I was concentrating so much on finishing that I missed Big Ben although I ran straight past it! And I managed to miss Buckingham Palace. But crossing the finish line was brill, what a moment."

Our other runners all did equally well. Derek Nye made it round in 5 hours 18m; Thomas Harrington 5 hours 15m; Paul Temple 4 hours 39m; David Mayne 4 hours 33m.

A very big WELL DONE and CONGRATULATIONS to all of them!!!!

Also a big thankyou to all of you who sponsored them.

Paul Adams unfortunately didn't manage to get a flight out of Canada in time to make it home, but his name is firmly in place for next year, so he will get his chance then.

It's almost here!!!


The moment our dedicated runners have been waiting for.

Sunday sees the streets of London swarmed with pounding feet, some experienced marathon runners just trying for a personal best, and others attempting it for the first time.


It's been a week of twists and turns with the volcanic ash causing havoc for so many people, including one of our runners Paul Adams.

After years of trying to get a place in the London Marathon, he finally got one this year running on our behalf, and he is now stuck in Canada where he has been on standby for a week, desperately trying to return home.


Paul is mortified at the thought of going through all that training and not being able to run. He has focused hard on the challenge of running the marathon, training diligently for months, keeping himself motivated through the bad weather of the winter and now to be stuck so far away can only spell frustration.


Our fingers are firmly crossed for Paul, and if he cant make it this year, his place will carry over to next year so not everything will be lost for him.

All our other runners are fully ready, set for a great day and even the weather forecast is good! We wish you all the very best of luck.

So please get behind our runners, Derek Nye, Thomas Harrington, Paul Temple, Paul Adams, David Mayne and Vanessa Ashworth by sponsoring them here: www.macintyrefundraising.org

Well the London Marathon is looming ever closer with only 5 weeks to go and there is no one more conscious of it than Paul Adams, one of our commendable runners.

Paul is a contracts manager living in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire and in his previous employment he has constructed properties for MacIntyre so knows all about the good work we do, and coincidentally his neighbour works for us! So he has double reason to run and raise money for us.

He has been running a way of keeping fit for a couple of years now on and off, but has never tackled anything so challenging as a marathon before. He is naturally apprehensive and has been daunted by the training more than the marathon itself.

However he has been putting in the hours of training, preparing himself for the task ahead along with his running schedule he has also been doing circuit training and vibro-gym. Unfortunately his training came to a standstill in November when he had appendicitis, but after a full recuperation he was back to it making up for lost time.

Paul is aiming to complete the marathon in a very respectable 5 hours.
We wish Paul all of our luck and know he’ll do us very proud.

Please support Paul or any of our other runners by sponsoring them here www.macintyrefundraising.org

Welcome to my blog!

I am one of the fundraisers here at MacIntyre and I am here to keep you up to date with what fundraising activity is going on in and around MacIntyre.

I’ll kick off by telling you that we’ve got 6 people running the London marathon for us on April 25th. They have dedicated their time and talent to running the marathon in our name donating all their sponsorship money to MacIntyre. Over the next couple of weeks I’ll introduce them all to you, but I’ll start with Derek.

Derek Nye is someone who has a close friend that receives support from MacIntyre, so with that personal connection Derek was keen to run on our behalf knowing the money raised will be going to support his friend.

Derek hated running at school, but as he approached his 40th birthday he challenged himself to run a marathon! Obviously he doesn’t do things by half!

He has now run the London marathon a couple of times, but not for a few years, so is keen to prove to himself that he’s still got it. He started his training last summer, and when he was made redundant he happily looked on the bright side thinking at least he’d be able to concentrate on his marathon training. However he was fortunate to find and start a new job just one week later, so his training plans quickly went out of the window.
He fits his training in between cycling, golf, rugby, walking his dogs and is currently moving house. His best marathon running time is 5 hours, so he is challenging himself this time to do it under 4½ hours. No mean feat!

He has enjoyed a break from his training as the nights grew dark and the weather took a turn for the worse through the winter, but is now getting back into his stride.

Please support Derek or any of our other runners by sponsoring them here: http://www.macintyrefundraising.org/

Deborah Kenyon

Fundraiser