163km run against AIDS
By Julien on Wednesday, July 18 2007, 14:49 - UTMB - Permalink
In a bit more than a month, the start of Ultra-Trail Tour du Mont-Blanc (c) will be given in Chamonix ! I just start to feel worry about it, imagining the descent to Les Chapieux, full speed, dodging holes and rocks. Or some ache in the knees, ankles, hips or in the stomach building up slowly, wondering whether it's only a small adjustement or an ever increasing issue than will lead me to withdraw...
Just like the previous years, I've decided to use the occasion to raise some funds to fight AIDS in Africa, through a charity called AVERT. There is a serious lack of political and religious commitment to provide enough funds and resources for eduction and medical care. Patents on specific medicine leave millions of people without efficient treatment: 2.8 millions of people died because of AIDS in 2005. There is still time to reverse the epidemic that is sweeping across Africa.
It's time to act now !
I've chosen AVERT, a charity contributing to numerous projects around the world, helping with the problem of HIV/AIDS in countries where there is a high or increasing rate of infection such as South Africa or the Russian Federation.
It would be great if you could sponsor me for a fixed amount or make a pledge per kilometre actually run - this will give me some more courage to continue. For more complex pledges, you can send me a C function :) . In 2005 I raised up £503.02, let's try to beat it together !
For more information, have a look at the fundraising page.
Ultra fundraising 3.
Just like the previous years, I've decided to use the occasion to raise some funds to fight AIDS in Africa, through a charity called AVERT. There is a serious lack of political and religious commitment to provide enough funds and resources for eduction and medical care. Patents on specific medicine leave millions of people without efficient treatment: 2.8 millions of people died because of AIDS in 2005. There is still time to reverse the epidemic that is sweeping across Africa.
I've chosen AVERT, a charity contributing to numerous projects around the world, helping with the problem of HIV/AIDS in countries where there is a high or increasing rate of infection such as South Africa or the Russian Federation.
It would be great if you could sponsor me for a fixed amount or make a pledge per kilometre actually run - this will give me some more courage to continue. For more complex pledges, you can send me a C function :) . In 2005 I raised up £503.02, let's try to beat it together !
For more information, have a look at the fundraising page.
Ultra fundraising 3.
Comments
Ok, I've decided to sponsor you.
My fundraising function is:
let f dist x = 30. *. (exp (x /. dist -. 1.))
Yeah, that's ocaml. Couldn't resist, sorry! dist is the total race distance, x is your running distance.
As you can see, f dist 0 is equal to a bit more than 11, so I've made a first donation of 10 pounds to motivate you, the second will be the remainder based on how far you went!
Good luck with your race, bring some good music (may I suggest the Chariots of Fire? :) ), and go for it!
Hello,
I will be running the UTMB for the 1st time. I ended the 86km race last year. I would like to join you for this action and I propose to add my kilometers to yours, if it's ok for you and ok for the people who support you. It may help to raise more funds.
Let me know.
I don't mind really, it's up to the generous sponsors to decide whether they want to sponsor both of us :)