3 years to run below 2 hours 25 minutes for a marathon or I have to pay out £12,000 in bets!
The rules: I have as many attempts within this period to complete the set time. There are no out clauses I.e. If i get injured the bet will still stand. The marathon has to be a certified iaaf marathon (no downhill marathons). Completion date is 13th April 2011.
To put the time into perspective I have to run 5 min 30 secs for every mile of the marathon. If I ran that time at the Beijing Olympics I would have finished at least 52nd Place!
How did the bet come about?
Yes you guessed it. I was in a pub so I have nothing to blame but myself!
On top of the actual bet I am going to raise money for the Entoto Foundation http://www.entoto.org/ which is dedicated to helping Ethiopians gain access to medical care and treatment that is otherwise not available to them.
I am not taking personal bets anymore but I would like you to get involved by sponsoring me for charity!
This is still part of the challenge: If I don’t complete the challenge you do not have to give money to the Charity. If I do, you will receive an email from me with donation details.
Any donations or sponsors over £30 will receive a state of the art adidas t-shirt! Any sponsors over £100 will receive a goody bag of adidas gear (if I complete the challenge of course!)
Please send me a message below with your Name, Email address, Contact phone number and the Amount you would like to sponsor. You can also leave any words of wisdom, support or belittlement!
I will get back to you and confirm I have received it.
If you have any other enquiries please contact Tom Bedford on 07736 281926
or send me a message above!
