That's not my daddy his face is too beardy

OK this week I had to make a very difficult decision and listen to my body, which meant to rest as I felt so very tired and low on energy.

 Now some of you might think that resting is the easy option but trust me its not. Yes it is difficult to plan every week around work and training needs and it sometimes just hits you bang in the face. Last week I was starting to feel tired so on Monday I decided that I need to stop as I started to despise running and running is my most loved hobby so I knew something was wrong. Not running until Friday was tough as I felt I am letting the charity down, letting everyone that is and has supported me down and worst of all I felt that Mr.Lazy inside of me had won.....
However when I started my 1hour fast run I felt a little less tired than I did last week and managed a decent pace. The rest of Friday I spent celebrating my sister in laws 40th birthday which was great. We had a lot of fun especially because my wife and I could go together, courtesy of our first ever hired babysitter.
I drank a little too much and didn't get much sleep which was not the best preparation for my Saturday morning long run but after Catherine dropped me off at my starting point I just went for it. Boy I enjoyed myself and managed to run 20.5 miles (according to garmin gps watch) in 2:49 hour avg pace of 8:17min/mile which was just great. I LOVE RUNNING AGAIN!!!!


Fundraising ideas


At work I have some very supportive people and one of them liked the challenge that some of my friends had pitched to me in the pub. So one of my latest two fundraising ideas is that people can predict my finish time against a donation but the one that caught every ones imagination is that I should grow a beard for 4 weeks  to raise money and if the beard growth raises £250 it will be dyed in a colour unbeknown to me... So if you would like to join either of those two fundraising ideas and want to support them either mention beard or an estimated finish time when donating via www.virginmoneygiving.com/florianstoermer

Fundraising news: 

We are now so very close to reaching £1000 which is 66% of the total money I would like to raise...

www.virginmoneygiving.com/florianstoermer is the web address you can use to donate money towards The Amber Phillpott Trust.I have now all but finished my corporate fund raising approach so I can concentrate on my training.
All of the gifts  received so far will either be raffled off on the day or entered in a silent auction to help raise funds for The Amber Phillpott Trust, Helen&Douglas House hospice, Oxford children's hospital and Ronald House.
Raffle tickets will be available to purchase soon and I am more than happy to take your orders once I have all the details.

Available prizes at present are:


Yummy Thai (£20 voucher)
1 Barbie Doll
2 Disney princess dolls
2 WWF wrestling figures
1 Polly Pocket pack
1 Mr.Men toy
5 HotWheels car
2 cars from CARS
3 Buff goodies bag
1 Black Hobgoblin T-Shirt (Marstons)
1 White Pedigre T-Shirt (Marstons)
The Lamb  (£50 voucher)
The Bear inn (voucher for 2 people 2 course meal on a Sunday)
King Alfreds Head(2 bottles of Wine)
Cleggs pharmacy (A spa set)
Creative cookshop (aprons &bandanas for boys and girls and a children chocolate making set)
Headlines (voucher for one hair cut)
Snob & Lock (leather wallet)
Heart to Heart (memory box and scented candles)
Motoquip (car valet pack)
Photogenic (one sitting voucher)
Unami (sauces)
Cutting bar (voucher for one hair cut)
Berghaus Rucksack
Hall&Woodhouse £30 voucher
Kingsmill £5 voucher
Teapot clock
High School Musical dance mate games (times 2)
Segais design hair cut (its gone)
Little cuddly polar bear teddy's
2 Oxford United Tickets
Cushion from "Spring Lark" (its gone)
RC car
Black T-Shirts from Calsberg
Baby food (bowl, spoons, sachets, cuddly toy) from Hipp
Authenticated autographs (Sting, Badly drawn boy, Michael Owen)
Open ended standard return train tickets from FGW x 2
Roly's revived Men's hair cut
Grease Monkeys oil service and valet
4GB USB sticks (only 2 left)
golf balls
Frisbees
If you are interested in a raffle ticket then please email me at florianstoermer@gmail.com.

Online Total today:
£946 direct donations £50 this week Thank You
That is brilliant as we are close to £1000 but I would like to raise another £554 so please help to spread the word and donate what you can every penny helps!

Stats Zone:
Runs:2
Distance covered this week: 27.82 miles 
Distance covered last month: 61.56 miles



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If you would like to raise money for  The Amber Phillpott Trust. and other charities supported by   The Yeah Baby Concert and to see me finish my 35 mile long Ultramarathon, then please come to the YeahBaby event in Abingdon Oxfordshire on the 14.07.2012 for a  free day of music, stalls, face painting etc... and/or donate via www.virginmoneygiving.com/florianstoermer