I'm sure everyone is aware of Race for Life in the UK, and the millions of pounds that are raised every year for cancer research.
This year George's ( Rimms ) lovely wife Chris decided to take up running.
A few weeks ago her daughter in law Dawn was doing Race for Life in the UK, so on the same day Chris decided to run 5k here as moral support.
Well, nothing's a secret here, so a few of us, in fact over 50, got together and walked or ran with her and money raised was sent to Dawns Just Giving page.
Anyway, one thing led to another and George being a man of great ambition and vision got thinking about whether we could make this an annual event and raise money here to help beat cancer.
Meetings have taken place with the relevant people and the fantastic news is that on APRIL 19th 2015 the FIRST EVER OFFICIAL RACE FOR LIFE TURKEY will take place in Fethiye.
So, what next?
A team is currently being out together to organise everything.
We will need lots of different skills and volunteers before, and of course during the event, whether walking running, hobbling, staggering after a night on the Efes, doesn't matter, the main thing is to take part, and raise money here in Fethiye to beat cancer.
George is in the process of talking with hospital consultants to establish what is here already and what we could do to help.
As far as we know there is no cancer research charity per se here, so it maybe that we fund screening equipment, a particular type of cancer treatment, who knows, it's early days and all so exciting!!!
So watch this space.... We are the little acorns who will become the mighty oak tree, with everyone's help and support, we could even find this oak tree spreading across the whole country, who knows!
Kevin Rowe is currently doing 10 week training programmes and is confident he can train ANYONE to run 5k.
Some have started, early on Saturday mornings and from the photos it looks like everyone's doing so well.
I haven't started yet, I damaged my toe and subsequently have lost the nail after a confrontation with the door in TEB bank, so just remember, banking is far more dangerous than running!
Our slogan :
WALK IT, RUN IT, BEAT IT!
PLEASE PM If you have skills that you feel you could offer to help or give advice for organising this event, as you can imagine, there's lots to do, from health and safety, to signing up runners, recruiting Marshall's, the list is huge and more will be posted as and when.
George will hopefully expand on this, and we will keep you updated along the way on all aspects of this exciting project.