Hi all,

I know I haven't been a member on here for long, so maybe this is a lot to ask.

For the first time ever I am running the Race for Life :clap: as part of the Girlguiding Sheffield team (www.sheffieldguides.org.uk / www.girlguiding.org.uk if you don't know what we are!).

It takes place on Sunday June 4th here in Sheffield at Don Valley (2 races) but there are races up and down the country (see www.raceforlife.org for more details).

We need to raise as much money in sponsorship as possible to help out this good cause. I'm sure that we've all been, or know someone who has been affected by cancer at some point in their lives.

If you could take the time to sponsor me, or someone else that you know who is running I'm sure we would all appreciate it. You can donate online (go on, do it NOW!!!) using my page www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/samanthajessop or using a friend's page if you know they have one.

Remember to tick the GIFT AID box if you are a UK taxpayer. This way Cancer Research UK can claim an extra 28p per £1 from the taxman at no extra cost to you.

PLEASE DIG DEEP!!!! :thumbsup:

Mods - if this could be put as a sticky I'd really appreciate it, this isn't just some dumb sponsorship - this is cancer research.

Thanks

Samantha

P.S. You can now sponsor our team at www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/girlguidingsheffield

I didn't realise you could sponsor participants online. That's very good, the missus will be pleased!

is it just women only again? like the last few have been

Have just sponsored you:D

I had an 8 hour operation 6 weeks ago to remove cancerous lymph nodes from my neck. So the race is out for me this year but I will be doing it next year!

Good luck and well done:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Have just sponsored you :D

I had an 8 hour operation 6 weeks ago to remove cancerous lymph nodes from my neck. So the race is out for me this year but I will be doing it next year!

Good luck and well done :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Thank you very much, it is really appreciated

is it just women only again? like the last few have been
It is women only, yes. There is a men's race for bowel cancer, but this isn't quite as popular - www.runformoore.org less races. It may be women only, but it is so popular - hence why Sheffield has 2 races this year!

I didn't realise you could sponsor participants online. That's very good, the missus will be pleased!
they have to register their own web space, it is very easy to set up - see www.raceforlife.org for details - you don't have to do anything really - it's all set up ready - you just choose what you want!

It's a damn good cause and I'm proud of myself for doing it!!!

I'm debating on this at the moment ..... My mum was on about us doing it last year but nothing came of it. Maybe tomorrow when her internet goes live she'll be browsing the website :hihi: although this year her and dad'll be on their jollies.

I can just about tackle a 45-min walk to work and back, not sure about 5km :help:

you'll have to be quick - I know that the morning Sheffield race is now full and I don't think there's many afternoon places left!!

EDIT: you can now sponsor us as a team, rather than myself individually at

http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/girlguidingsheffield

Thank You :)

I thought I would start the ball rolling. Lets see how many of us are doing the race for life from the forum

Team Fox are running Race 4 Life - at 15:00 on 4th June

CLICKY (http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/middlewoodwinners) :thumbsup:

Just want to try and boost this up again! Just want to try and raise as much as possible, and put forward that us volunteers that run units within the Girlguiding Sheffield region are also running as a team!!!!

Click here to find out more! (http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/girlguidingsheffield)

Suggest we all post our race for life blogs and begging posts on one thread? May make it easier to track.. any chance of a sticky mods?

:D Team Kim (on my own) runs the Race For Life- 25th June 14:00

http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/harleykim

Im running in the 4th June 3pm race, im rubbish as running so prob make a fool of myself!

Im running in the 4th June 3pm race, im rubbish as running so prob make a fool of myself!

Yaay Sarah, thats the race Im in. :thumbsup:

WOW! Somebody, I have no idea who had just sponsored me £10 online. Thank you whoever you are, I promise not to let you down. :)

My Sister & Her Daughter are doing the race for life & my wife is the name nominated.My wife had Breast Cancer & had a Mastectami & after 7 weeks she looks great & I am so proud of her,I would like to thank all of you who are doing this wonderful race.Cheers Tosh13

My Sister & Her Daughter are doing the race for life & my wife is the name nominated.My wife had Breast Cancer & had a Mastectami & after 7 weeks she looks great & I am so proud of her,I would like to thank all of you who are doing this wonderful race.Cheers Tosh13

:clap: its fantastic to hear she is doing okay. Another amazing reason why we should all be supporting this. :thumbsup:

I am also doing the 3pm race on 4 June

im doing the bakewell one! in may, did enter with my mate but she isnow preggy so will be on my tod, oh well :)

I'm running on 4th June at 3. Well I say running, prolly more of a fast walk!

I'm running on 4th June at 11.00.

I only gave birth 8 weeks ago so am hoping I'll make it round in one piece! :)

Not long now girls.. hows the training going?

My race for life (http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/middlewoodwinners)

I ran 2 miles yesterday :o

Did the bakewell race for life yesterday! didnt stop once even though you had to go through a field and up the hill, nearly stopped second time round but kept on going and did it! but god do my legs feel it today :o

Hi guys,

I'm well up for this. Is there a set time & place for it? I've heard rumours about it but don't know any details...

Help!

well i've just been volunteered to run "relay for life".
15 person teams running for 24hours to raise money for cancer relief.
obviously as race for life is a sexually biased event that shouldn't be condoned, i've been coerced into this event.

Hi guys,

I'm well up for this. Is there a set time & place for it? I've heard rumours about it but don't know any details...

Help!

Jazzy, the website is here (http://www.raceforlife.org) but I think all the places are taken :(

well i've just been volunteered to run "relay for life".
15 person teams running for 24hours to raise money for cancer relief.
obviously as race for life is a sexually biased event that shouldn't be condoned, i've been coerced into this event.

Ahh thats where you are wrong willman! Whilst the ladies race for life, the boys are doing the bobby moore fund race

I'm running with a few Bladey-ladies...

Clicky clicky linky linky (http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/sheff-utd)

I will be walking around at 11am race, so good to see so many ladies supporting this event :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Ok - less than 3 weeks to go now!!!

Come on everyone.. have one less pint/bottle down the pub this weekend, and put it towards some sponsorship :thumbsup:

I am running this too!! :clap: :banana: I am running on the 25th June, at Doncaster. I went for a run yesterday and managed about 2 miles (the race is 3) so I've still got a bit of training to do, but I know I can do it!! It's for the best cause!! I have a target of £200, and have reached £145 so far..If anyone would like to help towards the £200, please donate, even if it's a pound! Every pound will make a difference to someone :) Thank you x x

http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/harleykim

I too will be having a nice walk around Attercliffe on 4th June!

This is not a plug to get my sponsorship up (but feel free) but please everyone make sure you sponsor some lady doing this race

Cancer research does some wonderful work that could not be possible without events like this and people like you sponsoring events like this

I’m doing the race this year for the 5th time but I lost my dad last year to this terrible disease so this year will be hard but for me even more important

So final plea, no need to necessarily sponsor me but please sponsor some lady

Thanks

Mine's at 11am on 4th June - I'm running with the Girlguiding Sheffield team (www.sheffieldguides.org.uk) - quite a few of us running - full list on www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/girlguidingsheffield

I'll be the hungover one as at an engagement party night before!!

fox 20thc is also running!
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=96427

PT

Can I get away with a "Me too" post here?

:wave: :wave:

C'mon forum peeps support the lasses! :thumbsup:

Hi Cath

It’s a shame we aren’t doing the same race

Good luck

Px

Ahh thats where you are wrong willman! Whilst the ladies race for life, the boys are doing the bobby moore fund race


yeah but we cant run together that has been an issue before where we prefer to go as a family.
its still a worthy cause.
if you need support try Berlei they do an excellent range.

if you need support try Berlei they do an excellent range.

ROFLMAO :hihi: You don't know how close to the truth that statement is! :o

* note to self - buy new sports bra * ;)

I'll be there, 3pm June 4th. Running with a group from work.

Here's my link just in case anyone would like to sponsor me too!

http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/leonsnell

Fortunately I've got more sponsors on my paper form than I do online! :thumbsup:

there is another Race for Life thread running

Here (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=94418"/sallyebrown)

How do they get merged????

there is another Race for Life thread running

Here (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=94418"/sallyebrown)

How do they get merged????

by Mod telepathy ;)

or someone reporting the thread and asking nicely ;)

threads merged

Thanks Em, will note that for the future :thumbsup:

I have three daughters running on sunday am, i am amazed at how they have trained, running round mosborough and rother valley lakes, they are not athletic ladies but great effort has been put in by all of them, one actually gos on holiday to france after the race! good luck to you all i am very proud of all of you

Just to be different, I'm running in Portsmouth, with my flatmate.

If any kind person wants to take pity on us, we're only £40 towards our £100 target! As that's between 2 of us, it's pretty shameful, so if anyone was going to donate to a friend, on or off here, consider giving it to a random instead? (I know it all goes to the same place, but humour a pair of poor students?!)

http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/turpz

Good luck to those running on Sunday, I will be one of those walking keeping up the rear!

Good luck to everyone doing Race for Life this year

Hope to see some of you on Sunday :thumbsup:

Px

I have three daughters running on sunday am, i am amazed at how they have trained, running round mosborough and rother valley lakes, they are not athletic ladies but great effort has been put in by all of them, one actually gos on holiday to france after the race! good luck to you all i am very proud of all of you

I have also been training at Rother Valley. I think it's 3 miles around both lakes, and the Race For Life is 3.1 miles, I can just about make it round I think :)

Good luck to those running on Sunday, I will be one of those walking keeping up the rear!

Good luck to everyone doing Race for Life this year

Hope to see some of you on Sunday :thumbsup:

Px
Well, I've just got home.. my legs ache but I DON'T CARE!!! I've raised about £350 just on my own, plus about £150 team sponsorship which is FANTASTIC! Thanks to all of you that have donated - there is still time!

think i managed it in about 40 mins but it's quite hard to time it, as you don't really get started until you're out of the stadium as it's that busy!!

Hope you all had a good time :)

Hi everyone, Race for Life was fantastic. Managed to finish in about 50 mins (slight detour en route and a wee stop :D )

The atmosphere was brilliant, we had a great time and it was really touching to see all those women together :thumbsup: WELL DONE TO YOU ALL!

Well done everybody that took part.:thumbsup:

Congratulations to my daughter. Not noted for her running but completed it in around half an hour. Well done Lou Lou - the old man is proud of you.

What a great day, very emotional as we lost my Dad to cancer last year but well worth it

I walked with my family and friends and between us we raised over £2000 :thumbsup:

I did the race for life yesterday, managed it in 38 minutes which im quite proud of as im not very well at the moment.
my sponsorship is lacking to say the least, hardly any of my friends have given money, have only raised about £70 so far :(

Raised £453 so far with my mate... so close to our £500 target (http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/sheff-utd).

Did it in around 40 minutes but suffering for it today :)

Hi
I came last in yesterdays race but I was carrying a small child most of the way round. I think my daughter was also the youngest competitor at 18 months.

Thanks to everyone who gave her a big cheer both as we started (late as she need a nappy change at the start) and as we finished in last place. She was brilliant and even though my feet are now killing me we are near to our target of £500, as everyone at her nursery has sponsored her.

Anyway if you are reading this and have yet to sponsor anyone then please sponsor the youngest competitor, Annabel Ibbotson who was running in memory of her Nannan Pauline who died whilst I was pregnant.

Thanks again it was a great atmosphere.
Cheers
Rachel

can't post a URL yet but if anyone wants to visit
race for lifesponsor me dot org and paste the details below at the end with the obvious www dot at the beginning that would be much appreciated.

/annabel_pauline_ibbotson

We saw you, we were behind you for a while, think my friend was hanging back as the police man following the end of the race was really good looking :D

Well done though to both of you and everyone who ran/walked/hobbled and was pushed yesterday

:clap: :clap: :clap:

Hi,
Not asking for sponsorship, just wanted you all to know that there is another Cancer Research UK event being held in Sheffield this year that everyone can paticipate in regardless of gender or age .

The event is " Relay for Life " and involves continous movement around a track by teams over a 24 hour period ( jog, walk, hop, whatever ! ).

It's designed to be a fun event with a serious mission, so it's not a race.

Dates : Sat 10th and Sun 11th June 12.00 noon to 12.00 noon
Venue : Sheffield United Football Academy, Shirecliffe. Facilities available.
Organiser : Jean Housley 2509090, 0777 649 2980

You can find more details on what the event is like on the Cancer Research web site ( can't post the url - this is only my second jot on the forum.)

You don't have to be in a team to come along and support the event - all very welcome .

Congrats to all involved in " Race for Life " - keep up the good work !

Hi,
Not asking for sponsorship, just wanted you all to know that there is another Cancer Research UK event being held in Sheffield this year that everyone can paticipate in regardless of gender or age .

The event is " Relay for Life " and involves continous movement around a track by teams over a 24 hour period ( jog, walk, hop, whatever ! ).

It's designed to be a fun event with a serious mission, so it's not a race.

Dates : Sat 10th and Sun 11th June 12.00 noon to 12.00 noon
Venue : Sheffield United Football Academy, Shirecliffe. Facilities available.
Organiser : Jean Housley 2509090, 0777 649 2980

You can find more details on what the event is like on the Cancer Research web site ( can't post the url - this is only my second jot on the forum.)

You don't have to be in a team to come along and support the event - all very welcome .

Congrats to all involved in " Race for Life " - keep up the good work !


i'll be there with family & friends.its a 24 hour relay event, we're taking a tent and doing it (running) thru' the night.