Friday, 19 March 2010

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

Friday, 5 March 2010






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