2012 Miles In The Year 2012

Stan 16/05/2012 2

Hi folks,

I came across quite an inspiring story while on Twitter a few weeks ago and I’d like to share it with you today. Meet Graham Smith, he’s from Whickham in the North East of England and he loves running. He recently became a running coach through the help of a local charity called The Tony Blair Sports Foundation(TBSF). If you’d like more information on this foundation just click the bold red copy you’ve just read. Graham now wants to help TBSF raise more funds so they can increase the number of sports coaches in the North East. This will result in getting more kids active and them having a healthier and happier life. So Graham’s challenge is to run 2012 miles in the year 2012 and raise £2012 for the TBSF. One word, amazing.

The tweet I read a few weeks ago was about a 24 hour treadmill challenge in Durham. I thought to myself, I live in Durham! So a couple of tweets later and I’ve booked a running slot for Friday the 1st of June at 18:30pm until 19:00pm. The challenge takes place at Northumbrian Water at Pity Me, Durham and will run from 10:00am on Friday the 1st of June until 10:00am on Saturday the 2nd of June. I urge everyone to get in touch in Graham and show your support. Even if you only have a spare half hour in your lunch break like me, get yourself along and help out. If you can’t make it, please re-tweet and like this page to help spread the word. Thank-you.

When I agreed to help with this website, the main objective was to help others. Read the statement at the top of this page, Everything about fitness training and exercise tips. Eat right and live healthy with 4Ever Fitness. That statement is correct and the articles we write are there to help others. I guess Graham and I have something in common and that’s why I was keen to help spread the word about his story.

If you’d like to know more about Graham’s story, you can follow his blog at: http://2012milesin2012graham.wordpress.com or via Twitter @whickhamrunning. If you’d like to support Graham by making a donation, please visit his JustGiving page here: www.justgiving.com/graham-smith19.

To quote Tesco, every little helps and it really does. Thanks for reading,

TAGS » graham smith, tbsf, tony blair sports foundation, twitter

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Following the birth of his son in 2009, Stan felt unfit and sluggish. Since then he's been training using a range of exercise techniques and gained some valuable information over the years. He concentrated on using ideas and methods from the teachings of Paul Chek, Chuck Wolf, Dax Moy, Charles Poliquin, Martin Rooney and Phil Richards. His fitness training currently includes running, kettlebell training, the world famous TRX, Olympic bar training, different types of body weight exercises, medicine balls, interval training (Tabata training) and cross fit training. He has completed the Pier To Pier run, Total Warrior and the Newcastle Stampede in 2012. He also raised over £1000 for local charity Percy Hedley, by running 60 miles over the 12 Days of Christmas.

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Stan 11/06/2012 at 12:12 pm - Reply

Hi guys, just a quick update. I went along last Friday night and managed to contribute 6km in half an hour. A total of 23 runners ran a staggering 166.58 miles in 24 hours and raised £314.20 for The Tony Blair Sports Foundation in the process. Well done everyone involved! Stan
Sonny 03/07/2012 at 9:22 am - Reply

What a brilliant idea and an inspiration to us all. All the best Graham!

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