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Off Topic Benali's Big Race

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  1. Saints Fan4Life

    Saints Fan4Life Well-Known Member

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    Don't seem to have a thread for this, but Francis Benali is doing another charity event for Cancer Research UK ... he started at Bournemouth yesterday, and is going to be running/cycling to EVERY premier league and championship ground, before arriving back at St Marys at the half-time interval of our Burnley match on 16 October.

    Updates can be found here: https://twitter.com/BenalisBigRace/with_replies

    You can donate here: http://www.benalisbigrace.com/

    Unfortunately doesn't seem to be getting much coverage anywhere.
     
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  2. VVD

    VVD Well-Known Member

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    Every day he will run a minimum of one marathon (26.2 miles) and cycle more than twice that distance.

    At £275,000 raised so far.
     
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  3. Whiteley Saint

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    Saints giving him good support.
     
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    This guy is unbelievable!
     
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  5. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    Good thread. Perhaps we need to stick this up top until he finishes on the 16th.
     
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  6. Paddy Podped

    Paddy Podped Well-Known Member

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    He's made it even more difficult for himself starting at Bournemouth.....surely go there 2nd last and start up in Newcastle!!
     
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  7. ChilcoSaint

    ChilcoSaint What a disgrace
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    Oh all right then!
     
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    Give this man an honour Tories FFS!
     
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  12. thereisonlyoneno7

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    Yep I agree. Francis Benali OBE :)
     
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  13. ChilcoSaint

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    We should all write to the BBC about a special award to be presented on Sports Personality of the Year night.
     
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  14. Saints Fan4Life

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    Matty joined him today.

     
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    Highlights of the first 2 days. The man is mad. You have got to admire his determination. Rickie said he would have joined in but he's injured at the moment :rolleyes:
     
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    Yeah, good timing there, Rickie :D
     
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  17. fran-MLs little camera

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    Can't donate via the web page....just getting a blank page. Another Windows 10 improvement I suspect....will have to seek another route.
     
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  18. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    Right matey, you draw up the template and address it, and invite people to copy and paste it and swap it around so that they don't have to go to all the trouble to write it themselves. You know what lazy sods they are on here. Me included now. ;)
     
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  19. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    How about providing a link. You're techie enough to do that, yes.?

    Only kidding. It worked for me. I was able to donate and my Win10 is bang upto date.
     
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    He's up against some competition. On the BBC News channel earlier, the presenter was running next to a chap who has run a marathon every day for 11 months [I think it was]. Apparently, some days he doesn't want to get out of bed that much. Really.!?!
     
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