This year I and a (growing) number of my colleagues are planning to run in the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge in Battersea Park. It’s a 5.6 Km (3.5 mile) road race that will take place on Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 July; we’ll be racing on the latter.
We will be raising money for the African Medical and Research Foundation. My employer has supported AMREF for the past five years and is currently providing financial support to a community-based water and sanitation project in Tanzatnia. The project will improve access to safe water and develop the community’s capacity to construct, maintain and manage water and sanitation facilities.
I’ve run the race twice before – once in New York and once here in London – and both times had a great experience. If your company is participating I urge you to take part. I’m particularly looking forward to this year’s race as it was cancelled in London last year due to adverse weather conditions…hopefully I’ll be able to beat my previous best time of 28 minutes.
If you would like to sponsor me, please do so! I’ve set up a form at justgiving.com, a handy online site that takes sponsorship money and keeps a running total. Any donations are appreciated – they are for a worthy cause and every little helps.
Thanks to Eran Becker for the photo used in this post.
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