My Motivation for Running

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My Motivation For Running

Hi my name is Phil Roberts and I'm a proud employee of Gladstone Brookes. Once your claim has been upheld, it is my job to ensure you receive your refund as quickly as possible! 

I have a friend who's girlfriend had Crohn's. I had never heard of this and found it was as common as diabetes. Crohn's is a bowel disorder that stops you from putting on weight and causes sickness and diarrhoea, and like diabetes it can kill you if left unchecked. 

I chose the Bupa Great North Run because it is the biggest half marathon in the country - it is 13.1 miles long and consists of hills and straights and it takes part in Newcastle, a place I have never been.

I believe that this race would allow me to raise the awareness of Crohn's and Collitis UK so that people know better what it is. Try asking somebody what is Crohn's and most people will have not even heard of it.

And with fund raising there was no better race I could take part in. Everybody has heard of the Great North Run and it will be live on BBC TV so the race gets good coverage, plus I have had an even bigger boost in the fact that Gladstone Brookes has helped with fund raising and making people aware of this charity. 

By giving me my own Blog with a link to my Just Giving site to help raise funds and awareness, they have centralised all sponsorship from the staff across the company to help me manage the fund raising, and are asking clients to make a donation via the Gladstone Brookes website. 

I have been training for 6 months now but as the race nears I need to step it up a gear, I will do a blog each month to keep everybody informed of how the fund raising and also how my training is going. 

So you will hear from me again and if you’re reading this and have not yet donated! What are you waiting for? Just click on the Just Giving site and spare what you can. 

Thanks