Running4Rwanda

The first leg of Run Walk Ride for Rwanda is the BTR Liverpool Tour of Merseyside - itself a multi-stage event of six races in seven days Sun 5th July:   Southport half marathon - 13.1 miles Mon 6th July:  Thurstaston beach race -  6.1 miles Tue 7th July:   Sustrans 10 mile race - 10 miles    Wed 8th July:  A well-earned rest Thur 9th July: Halton 5 mile race - actually 5.1 miles Fri 10th July:  Huyton cross-country - 6 miles Sat 11th July:  Wirral coastal run - 12 miles A total of 52.3 miles, just about a double-marathon distance. The event(s) went as well as could be expected, with some good results and some not-so-good. I wasn't looking forward to the half marathon and struggled between 5 and 10 miles, but recovered to finish in 114th position. Monday was hard, especially on the beach, and I finished 118th. I felt better on Tuesday and finished strongly to take 106th. Wednesday was a welcome break, and Thursday...

After cycling in the Scottish highlands, back to running. Or more accurately, running, walking and riding. Over summer I will be completing 182 miles - the distance of seven marathons - in a series of events: Run the BTR Liverpool Tour of Merseyside: six races in seven days, totalling 52 miles - a double marathon Walk the Liverpool Loop and Cheshire Lines paths from Hunts Cross to Formby - a marathon walk Ride to Southport and on to the Forest of Bowland and back via Preston - a quadruple marathon The events will take place during July, August and September, and I will be hoping from support along the way. More importantly I will be looking for sponsorship to help fund the rebuilding of Shyira Maternity Hospital. It needn't be much - I'm not expecting a pound per mile or anything like that, although £182 would be very welcome. Even a penny per mile would be welcome! So if you want to make a difference to the lives of women and their babies in Rwanda, please spons...

After 30 years of running, and 10 years of Running 4 Rwanda, a new challenge awaits - my first cycling even in aid of maternal health and safe motherhood in Rwanda. The Etape Caledonia is 82 miles in the Highlands of Scotland, starting and finishing in Pitlochry, Perthshire. Not much for a seasoned cyclist, but I'm not much of a cyclist, and definitely not seasoned, but I'm confident I'll get round. Please support me to help the funding of these projects in Shyira, Rwanda, by clicking the button on the right. Your support is vital, so please be generous. Thank you

Thanks to Ngunan Adamu of BBC Radio Merseyside for giving us the opportunity to talk about our work for maternal health and safe motherhood in Rwanda. We were invited to talk on her Upfront programme on November 30th about the projects and about our fundraising efforts, especially Running4Rwanda at the Liverpool Danta Dash. You can still be part of the action on Sunday. If you have not entered, there is still time. Or you can come into Liverpool on Sunday to be a spectator. Or failing that, you can sponsor us as we run for Rwanda. Our fundraising page for the Liverpool Santa Dash can be found on www.bmycharity.com Thank you for your support, and thank you for your generosity

December 1st, so less than a week to go to BTR Liverpool Santa Dash 2014. Thanks to everyone who has sponsored us so far, but there is still plenty of time to raise some more - go to our Bmycharity page to make a donation to fund maternal health and safe motherhood projects in Rwanda. Every penny raised will go to funding these vital projects, so please be generous

One of our regular supporters can't make it to the Liverpool Santa Dash this year, but still wants to support us, so has come up with an alternative method of raising funds for the Maternity Hospital and Safe Motherhood projects in Shyira, Rwanda - he has given up shaving, and is growing his very own Santa 'tache ! Martin Baxter has run most of the Liverpool Santa Dashes since its start, but this year he will be growing a Santa beard and a Santa 'tache instead. He has given up shaving during November, so by the time December comes round he will have a beard to rival any on show at the Liverpool Santa Dash. If you would like to reward his solo effort, he has set up a fund-raising page on www.bmycharity.com , so please support him as he supports Maternal Health in Rwanda

It's back! Liverpool Santa Dash - the biggest Santa Dash in Britain, and maybe the World ! From humble beginnings in 2004, the BTR Liverpool Santa Dash has grown year on year to become the phenomenon that brings over 8000 Santas to the centre of Liverpool. And for 2014, the biggest and best promises to be even bigger and better on its 10th anniversary - the BTR Liverpool Santa Dash is aiming to bring over 10000 Santas to the centre of Liverpool, many of them raising funds for charity. I have run in every BTR Liverpool Santa Dash, and once again, I will be running for Shyira Trust, raising funds for the Maternity Hospital and Safe Motherhood projects in Shyira, Rwanda. In previous years we have had a team, as many as 15, but this year there may be just me. But however many we have running, we will have fun, while Running for Rwanda. If you would like to help, you can, and you have two choices - you can join me, get sponsorship, and we can all run for Rwanda. Alternatively, t...