Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: Boo on September 22, 2010, 18:29:28 PM
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I know I have already posted this in the Hisaronu section under the title 'Fundraising', but as someone kindly pointed out to me it deserves to be a bit more 'high profile'. Lara and Patrick need all the support they can get :)
"We are about to do something very silly, on 4th November 2010 we will be running 60km from the Dolphin pool in Hisaronu to Dalaman airport. For those of you that have been to our little part of Turkey you will know that the route is far from flat so this really is a challenge. For those of you that like statistics or know the route, a full marathon would take us to the toll barriers at the Gocek tunnel (the last 5km being up hill), so anything beyond this is just pure madness......
We have set this target for ourselves inspired by Eddie Izzards multi marathon feat for Sport Aid. As many of you know we started running 2 years ago after being shamed into doing something about our fitness level by a couple in their late 50's. We started running at just 300m, which was all Lara could manage without reaching for her inhaler. We are now running 3 half marathon per week as training, in order to run in ambient temperature of less than 30 Celsius we do this at 5am.
We aim to raise £20,000, half to go towards the rehabilitation of Misha and Tom, 2 bottle nosed dolphins rescued from a large swimming pool in Hisaronu. These dolphins have been taken to a rehabilitation centre off the Turkish coast and are being looked after by the Born Free Foundation, we need in total to feed and medicate these glorious mammals some £150,000, and so we hope to help some way towards this total. The other half of the money we hope to raise for Roy Castle Cancer Research, this is a cause close to our hearts as Patrick smoked for many years. Patrick will have been smoke free for 3 years this November and we hope that he will not need to make use of the research carried out by this wonderful organisation, but many people will.
We are raising money through JustGiving.com, the links to our 2 charities are below, please dig deep into your pockets and help us raise money for 2 very worthy causes. You can give by clicking on one (or both) of the links below, the money goes straight to our chosen charities."
http://www.justgiving.com/mishaandtom
http://www.justgiving.com/60km
http://www.landoflights.net/local-news/%e2%80%9cif-eddie-izzard-can-do-it-so-can-we%e2%80%9d-claim-expat-couple-preparing-to-run-a-gruelling-60km-for-charity-4697.html
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Ive donated Hope everyone reading this also does No matter how small, every little helps Good luck
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Here is an article in this weeks Land of Lights about Patrick and Lara Elmwood who plan to run 60 kilometres to raise money for 2 charity organisations:
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation - Patrick being an ex-smoker
Born Free (Hisarönü Dolphins Rehabilitation) - because in the village where Patrick & Lara live in Turkey, 2 dolphins (called Tom & Misha) were successfully rescued by Born Free from a small pool in Hisarönü, Fethiye and taken to an open sea rehabilitation enclosure.
http://www.landoflights.net/local-news/%e2%80%9cif-eddie-izzard-can-do-it-so-can-we%e2%80%9d-claim-expat-couple-preparing-to-run-a-gruelling-60km-for-charity-4697.html
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http://www.landoflights.net/local-news/patrick-and-lara-ellwood-take-60k-charity-endurance-run-in-their-stride-4901.html
Congratulations to Patrick and Lara on completing their walk in aid of Misha and Tom and well done Mayor Kerrametin for seeing them off at 3am.
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It was great following their progress on Land of Lights FB yesterday ! well done them, fantastic. And thats a few more fish for the boys !!
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I think that the two of them are fantastic. Well done to both of them for a fantastic achievement.
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Originally posted by tinkerman
and well done Mayor Kerrametin for seeing them off at 3am.
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Yes, well done to the mayor Kerametin, without your approval there would have been no concrete tank for holding dolphins in Hisaronu to protest about. It never ceases to amaze me just how two faced people can allow themselves to be over there.
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Yes, well done to the mayor Kerametin, without your approval there would have been no concrete tank for holding dolphins in Hisaronu to protest about. It never ceases to amaze me just how two faced people can allow themselves to be over there.
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Totally agree Scunner!!!!
Still say "Hope he rots in hell!"
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Originally posted by cheers
Yes, well done to the mayor Kerametin, without your approval there would have been no concrete tank for holding dolphins in Hisaronu to protest about. It never ceases to amaze me just how two faced people can allow themselves to be over there.
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Totally agree Scunner!!!!
Still say "Hope he rots in hell!"
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I personally like to give people a second chance Maybe he was uneducated
Every uneducated person has to learn sometimes
But also being a cynic Yes I agree with this post !
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Anyway Congratulations on completing the run Some people are truly inspirational Its sad this post became political
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Whatever the ins and outs, big respect.
I did a couple of marathons in my late 20's and a "flat" 26 miles aint easy far less 40 over a lot of climbs and drops.