JDRF - Win a prize and find a cure!

[Northerner]

Well, the Great South Run is just over a week away now! I missed a lot of training in September due to an injury I picked up at the beginning of the month, but I seem to be OK again now (touch wood!) and am confident of getting round ? although it is unlikely I will win this year?! It?s not too late if you would like to sponsor me ? many thanks to those who have already done so! I?m still a little way off my target so any contribution, however small, will be very much appreciated.

Here's the competition!

• Sponsor me for 50p or more to enter. Those who have already sponsored me can have a go straightaway!
• Guess my finishing blood glucose level. I have no idea what this might be, as so much depends on the day. Hopefully, it will not be TOO high or TOO low!
• As there are likely to be some duplicate guesses, the tie-breaker will be to guess my finish time in hours:minute:seconds - the closest will then win!

The prizes will be:

• First: A copy of 'The Discovery of Insulin' by Michael Bliss - a 'must-read' for anyone with diabetes, or caring for someone with it.
• Second and third: A personalised poem written by me on the subject of your choice - can be for you, or someone's birthday - whatever you want!

To enter, sponsor me at http://www.justgiving.com/NorthernerJDRF/ then post your guesses here!

My finish time last year was just over two hours, to give you an idea, but I hope to do better than that this year🙂

 

[Northerner]

* bump *

Only 4 days to go now! Looks like the weather will be poor - wet and windy, no doubt especially windy on the final two miles along the seafront

The good news is that my sponsorship total currently stands at ?607, with a further ?135 in gift aid! Hurrah!

Many thanks to all who have sponsored me - this is twice what I raised for DUK last year. It's not too late for anyone else to sponsor me and put that little extra spring in my step - just click on the link in my signature.🙂

 

[insulinaddict09]

Hi Northerner !! GOOD LUCK !! for the run , I hope it all goes well for you ! we're all soooo proud of you for doing this !

 

[bev]

Hi Northerner !! GOOD LUCK !! for the run , I hope it all goes well for you ! we're all soooo proud of you for doing this ! :

A.M. - so nice to see you posting again! You have been missed. Have you heard from Heidi? Hope she is ok. Northerner, wishing you a good run!🙂Bev x

 

[insulinaddict09]

A.M. - so nice to see you posting again! You have been missed. Have you heard from Heidi? Hope she is ok. Northerner, wishing you a good run!🙂Bev x

Hi Bev Thank you , I've been really busy with work /travelling and havent had the time to post until now . It's good to be back. No I've not heard from Heidi isn't she back yet????? I'll text her and she how things are with them both. I'll let you know when I find out ok. xx

 

[Northerner]

And the winner is...Mand!

Mand and Tez correctly predicted that my blood sugar at the end of the race would be 4.8, but Mand was closer with the tie-breaker finish time. My official finish time was 1:59:48, so I just managed to break two hours!

Slow, but faster than last year and it was very hot and sunny which slowed me down a bit. I was the 509th 51 year old man home, which sounds better than 11,863rd overall! There were a few thousand behind me though!

In second place was Tez and in third place Rossi_Mac with a guess of 4.9.

So Mand wins the book and the two runners-up get a poem. If there is any particular subject you'd like the poem to be about I'll try my best to incorporate it!

I've written a (fairly long!) report about the experience on my blog:

http://diabetespoetry.blogspot.com/2009/10/great-south-run-2009.html

In total, including Gift Aid, we will have raised ?750-?800 for JDRF which is nothing short of brilliant! Well done everyone and thank you for your support - it really helped me round!

 

[katie]

Northe!! you should have popped a glucose tablet towards the end for me, grr

Well done mand! and the others x

 

[Steff]

well done Mand Tez and Rossi

and great amount raised well done Northe

 

[Pigeon]

Well done Northerner, fab time and great BG levels! Well done on all the money raised too.

 

[sofaraway]

Well done Alan

 

[rossi_mac]

Woop woo Well done Mand, Tez and little old meeee😛

Oh and well done Northe' for doing the darn thing!

Just having some tea and JB's will get back to you about a subject!

 

[Mand]

Just returned from holiday!

I won? Gosh! What a lovely surprise to return home to!

Well done, Northerner, on the success of your run and the funds you raised! What a star you are!

Well done Tez and Rossi-Mac too!

🙂🙂

 

[Steff]

welcome back Mand xx

always nice to come bk to a win eh lol x

 

[Mand]

Thanks Steff! Can't say it happens often! Hope you are keeping well. xx 🙂

 

[Sugarbum]

Well done mand!

Well done northener too, my step brother ran it (for fun????) what a waste- he too should have done it for the JDRF! What a great cause. Great time as well N, you must be so pleased.

(I dont know what time my bro did it in. He has got massive sticking out ears so I guess that would have slowed him right down.....)

 

[Northerner]

Well done mand!

Well done northener too, my step brother ran it (for fun????) what a waste- he too should have done it for the JDRF! What a great cause. Great time as well N, you must be so pleased.

(I dont know what time my bro did it in. He has got massive sticking out ears so I guess that would have slowed him right down.....)

Sometimes it's nice to run without the pressure of expectations - I very much doubt if my friends would cough up for every event I do! If you want to find out your brother's time you can enter his name (or number, if you know it)here:

http://raceresults.greatrun.org/?race=140