My brother in law is mad. Not because he married my sister, he decided to run the Kigali peace marathon.
He has a lot of training running away from his 4 children, this I do understand.
The marathon is like always just over 42 km. They have made a route of 10+ km which he will have to run 4 times. Obviously we can not run, because we have to support him. We did warn him about the altitude; it is over 1400 meters here, which does have an effect. We are slightly comforted in the knowledge that he has run several marathons, in the Netherlands; however he has just a week to acclimatise after a night flight from Brussels.
To make sure he actually makes a good effort we decided to sponsor him. We will pay for every km he runs and a bonus for completing. Please do the same, the proceeds will go to a charity here in Rwanda. You can read all about it on their blog http://rouwhorst.blogspot.com/. Unfortunately it is all in Dutch, but they do speak English, so you can leave a comment.
Payment can be done in Euros to them or in pounds in England via Hazels account, we will act as intermediary. Dollars, Rwandan francs, South African Rands or Ugandan Shilling are also welcome, but then you will have to bring them in person.
In short: PLEASE SPONSOR MY BROTHER IN LAW FOR RUNNING THE MARATHON.
PER KM, FOR FINISHING AND/OR FOR FINISHING WITHIN 4 HOURS.
We are happy to act as intermediary if needed.
Lon
Lon Zomer and Hazel O'Dea - their life abroad
3 comments:
I have to ask, when you say 'running away from 4 children' do you mean he left them? or do you mean 'running after 4 children'? there is a huge difference in that meaning!!
Fool is a word that springs to mind, but also 'wise decision' when you said you were too busy supporting to run yourselves! (;>
Have fun with those cute kitties! M xx
No, he is not even smart enough to run away from the children. But my sister is doing most of the running after them, so he is not doing that either. He does survival training though, that is smart.
Time for my comment!
Because of international pressure we were forced to open a englisch blog. So now we have to keep up two weblogs.
The address is simple: www.rouwhorst1.blogspot.com
I think Wouter made a "wise decision" to run for a good cause. Doing so, it is more than just a run around Kigali for fun (or to get away from his brother-in-law).
Lon: Maybe you can get some diplomats to run the small 5 km circuit (for sponsormoney?)
The website for the Marathon can be found at www.kigalimarathon.com
In the Englisch version you will find a link to our blog (under charity projects)
Have fun and enjoy our blog as we enjoy yours!
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