My story

Hey friends! I'm extremely excited/scared to be running the BUPA London 10,000 this year. Those of you who know me well will know that I'm not a 'sporty' person, so while 10K might not be a big distance for some people, for me it's like running eighteen consecutive marathons in an arid desert with no water, wearing a Slipknot-esque boiler suit (complete with mask). I'm a musician. I go on tour, eat kebabs, spend all day on the internet, and drink copious amounts of beer. Ladies and gentlemen, this 10K is my marathon.

More importantly, I'm doing the run to raise money for the wonderful charity Christian Aid, whose aim is to tackle poverty and injustice worldwide. Christian Aid work through The Americas, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and they hope to combat poverty by addressing the root causes, including climate change, conflict, HIV, human rights, and trade justice. Christian Aid also respond to global emergencies including recently the Haiti earthquake, floods in Peru, the Africa food crisis, the Sri Lanka crisis, Philippines floods, and the Darfur appeal.

However, Christian Aid do more great stuff than I could ever hope to explain in a few short paragraphs, so instead I urge you to go and check out all the work that they're doing on their website.

Finally, please please please give me some money! Christian Aid's work is very close to my heart, and I'm so excited to be doing this run. Anything you can spare, even £1 (or 1EUR0 for my Euro friends), will go so far in their work overseas, in countries that need the money far more than we do. Thank you so much for reading this, and if you're in London on May 31st then do come down and watch me sweat/cry/bleed.

Love from Luke

P.S. - There are eight weeks until the run, and every week I'll be posting an update about my training progress on my new running blog! These will include photos from a shoot I did with my friend Tom Price to promote the run, a few words about how much fruit I've eaten that week in preparation for the run, and maybe some Rocky-esque training video montages and other stuff about my progress. I promise you, it will be riveting. A total must-read. Check it out now at http://lukeleighfield10K.tumblr.com

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Christian Aid

Christian Aid

Charity Registration No. 1105851

Poverty is an outrage against humanity. It robs people of dignity, freedom and hope, of power over their own lives. Christian Aid has a vision - an end to poverty - and we believe that vision can become a reality.

Donations 79

I know the OCD in you will get pissed off that it now reads £1,019.00 - HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR

Donation by Massimo SPAGHETTI Zeppetelli on 07/06/10

£2.00

weldone

Donation by hon jughes on 03/06/10

£10.00

U IZ WELL PHIT

Donation by Rob Barbour on 02/06/10

£5.00

+ £1.41 Gift Aid

Donation by Dan Crook on 02/06/10

£10.00

well done!! hope your knee is better too :)

Donation by Emily Davey on 01/06/10

£10.00

even ran through the pain - legend.

Donation by Miguel O'Kingsley on 01/06/10

£10.00

And then a hero comes along with the strength to carry on and you cast your fears aside and you know you can survive.Oh,ohh,Lord knows dreams (etc)

Donation by Sarj McSarjison on 01/06/10

£5.00

Well done! so close to the target...hope you make it.

Donation by Marianna Tonne on 01/06/10

£5.00

Well done mate! Hope you reach your funraising target too!

Donation by Dan and Mel on 01/06/10

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

Huzzah! So many well dones to you, sir.

Donation by Lucy Palmer on 01/06/10

£10.00

Use the force, Luke.

Donation by Chris Selman on 01/06/10

£5.00

+ £1.41 Gift Aid

Everything the light touches is our kingdom.

Donation by Mufasa on 01/06/10

£5.00

Been meaning to do this for ages. Congrats on the good time.

Donation by BigCatMerv on 01/06/10

£2.00

+ £0.56 Gift Aid

hopefully you won't be too sore!

Donation by Marcus C on 31/05/10

£25.00

+ £7.05 Gift Aid

we can have a knees up after. charley

Donation by prince charles on 31/05/10

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck matey.

Donation by Ollie on 31/05/10

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

Would've been more but those Slipknor jumpsuits don't pay for themselves! Good on you Luke. Straight back, soft knees, pint of Guinness at the end. X

Donation by Beccy O on 31/05/10

£5.00

+ £1.41 Gift Aid

errrectro woooorrrrlllllld!!!!

Donation by Mart on 31/05/10

£4.00

+ £1.13 Gift Aid

:)

Donation by Fiona McKinlay on 31/05/10

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Go go go!

Donation by chollywell :) on 30/05/10

£5.00

You know you can... you know you can...

Donation by Jim Balfour on 30/05/10

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by leoni allen on 30/05/10

£2.00

+ £0.56 Gift Aid

god bless you.

Donation by Ewan Cameron on 30/05/10

£5.00

+ £1.41 Gift Aid

You need a break!? Rather have a breakthrough!

Donation by sophie deriaz on 26/05/10

£5.00

Rur, Forest, run!

Donation by Rosie Jones on 26/05/10

£5.00

+ £1.41 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£1,019.00
  • Offline donations£0.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£1,019.00
  • Gift Aid£155.69

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