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Sponsorship for running three half-marathons and then completing the Three Peaks Challenge 
(see also http://www.justgiving.com/3-halves-3-peaks)

Success! All of our challenges are now complete. Many thanks to those of you who have already sponsored us. Anyone who hasn't... don't worry, it isn't too late. You can now sponsor us online at http://www.justgiving.com/3-halves-3-peaks. The Events: Reading Half-Marathon – 6th March 2005 - Mission accomplished. Reading Half completed in 1hr 45mins! Click here for report Hastings Half-Marathon – 13th March 2005 - Mission 2 accomplished. Hastings completed in 1hr 48mins. Click here for more Richmond Half-Marathon – 15th May 2005 - Mission 3 accomplished. Richmond Half completed in 1hr 40mins. Click here for more. Three Peaks Challenge – 16th July 2005 - Mission accomplished... 21hrs and 40mins... click here for more!

Here's my original email text about the challenges:

I am seeking sponsorship for a number of gruelling events that I plan to take part in for charity this year. I am intending to run not one… not two… but three half-marathons, and then attempt the Three Peaks Challenge! Now, even I’m not silly enough to try to do these all consecutively, so in fact I am running two of the half-marathons in early March, one in May, and will then attempt the Three Peaks Challenge in July. What I am seeking is sponsorship to complete the whole package.

My charity of choice is the World Land Trust (WLT). With Sir David Attenborough as its Patron, the WLT aims to permanently preserve and restore the world’s rainforests (and other vital woodlands). Their work does, of course, have massive significance in reducing the impact of global warming on all our lives, and in maintaining the habitats of many endangered species of plants and animals. It may also have further value! For instance, did you realise that if many of the once plentiful mangrove swamps in South East Asia and India had not been chopped down, they might have dramatically reduced the number of casualties resulting from the Tsunami by absorbing and dissipating the waves? The WLT are looking into ways that they might be able to help with regenerating these mangroves to prevent such a wide-scale disaster in the future. 

It's not just about trees either. The WLT help create jobs in all the areas where they operate. They only have a small operation in Britain which means that far more of the money gets right to the heart of matters than is the case with some charities. The WLT establish projects at local level to maintain and restore the rain forests. These bring much needed investment to the area and assist with the development of sustainable income programmes for the local communities involved. 

Has it been successful? Well, to date, the World Land Trust has managed to preserve 300,000 acres of rainforest throughout South America, South East Asia and India. For more details about their work, please see here http://www.worldlandtrust.org/about/index.htm  and here http://www.worldlandtrust.org/about/mission.htm  

So, whether you wish to sponsor me because of this very worthy cause, or simply because you like the idea of me having to suffer, please do sponsor me. All you need to do is go to my official sponsorship page at http://www.justgiving.com/3-halves-3-peaks to either make a pledge or to pay in advance of completion if you prefer.

Thanks in advance for your support, and I will of course keep people up-to-date on how I have progressed.

Regards,

Dave.

If you want to find out more about how we got on, just follow the links below:

• Reading Half-Marathon – 6th March 2005 - Mission accomplished. Reading Half completed in 1hr 45mins! Click here for report
• Hastings Half-Marathon – 13th March 2005 - Mission 2 accomplished. Hastings completed in 1hr 48mins. Click here for more
• Richmond Half-Marathon – 15th May 2005 - Mission 3 accomplished. Richmond Half completed in 1hr 40mins. Click here for more.
• Three Peaks Challenge – 16th July 2005 - Mission accomplished... 21hrs and 40mins... click here for more!

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