CHALLENGE No 5: Nike British 10k Run

Challenge Number 5 was the British 10k Powered by Nike fuel, 

This challenge had 25,000 participants and an amazing atmosphere and even though I set of to do the race on my own I bumped in to some old friends which made the day more fun! thanks guys for letting me tag along :)


I woke up at 5am in the morning due to the fact the rain was hitting the window so heavily! I have taking part in this run before about 2 years and I was really excited about it so couldn't get back to sleep!

I decided to head of a bit early and the and was so surprised to see the train at 7.30 on Sunday morning so busy! 


After I had registered we made out way to the start line and the amount of people was crazy! Despite the rain so many people had turned up and everyone seemed very excited.  It took over 30 minutes to even reached the start line and before we did the fastest elite had already finished!


Just after I past the 9k mark I had some pains in my back and stopped for a moment at that point an amazing man came running past me and told me I could do it and he would run the rest of the way (the guy in my race time photo below) with me which he did, I really needed that last push so who ever you were.... thank you.


The run took me 1hr 6mins to complete and it was an amazing atmosphere  I would recommend this run and I can't wait to sign up for next years!




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Total raised to date £2622

Challenges completed to date

1. 26 Mile London Trek

2. 750m Eton Open Water Swim

3. 13,000ft Skydive
4. 60 (turned out to be 80) Mile Bike Ride
5. British 10k Run

CHALLENGE No 4: Essex 60 mile Bike ride

I was really looking forward to this challenge but my sister and I were not best prepared for the challenge ahead.

It all started at about 7 in the morning when despite my gorgeous little nieces running around and crying because they could go bicycle riding on a Disney princess bike for 60 miles we were trying to get ready. the weather was looking pretty grim but we were both quite excited about today's event taking place.

Although I have been training in spinning classes I had not been on a bike for over a year as I didn't have one, in fact I didn't have one until a couple of house before the race as I had borrowed my brothers bike, not a great bike for road riding but a lot better than no bike at all.

My sister on the other hand had borrowed a bike from a friend and had not even sat on it, as she went to do so she realise that there was no way she could ride on it and after a trip to Halford which was of course closed due to it being every on a Sunday morning I made a seat for her out of leggings. tape and an asda bag lol, still undeterred we set off.

To start of with we felt great and even though soooooooooo many people overtook us we kept on going! About half way though Rebecca's bike lock up and through here down a ditch! I could believe it when she stood up unhurt! it looked nasty after a few minutes rest we carried on for about another 15 mile bring us to what we thought was one of the last bits of the journey there was a short cut but we wanted to prove to ourselves we could do it but then some how missed a sigh and we just carried on! (hence making it 80 miles!)

We both came back battered and bruise and so so tired but so proud of our selves for completing the ride EVEN THOUGH THE FINISH LINE HAD BEEN PACKED AWAY BY THE TIME WE GOT THERE!!!

I would like to say a massive thank you to my sister Rebecca Tyler for completing this tough challenge with me and over coming all the obstetrical in our and even though the SIGN COLLECTING VAN over took us about 2 miles from the end I am very proud of her for getting to the finish line with me, I am very proud of you xxx

Here are a couple of pictures of our day and if you would like to sponsor Rebecca of myself for this bike ride or any other challenge you can do so at www.justgiving.com/challenge30

 

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Challenges completed to date

1. 26 Mile London Trek

2. 750m Eton Open Water Swim

3. 13,000ft Skydive
4. 60 (turned out to be 80) Mile Bike Ride

New sock monkeys for adoption

Each sock monkey cost £15 and ALL profits go to the charity Hope for Children

Here are a few pictures of some monkeys I already have ...

Go to www.challenge30.co.uk,  email me @ challenge30@live.com, or send me a Tweet  to find out more about me or how to get adopt your Challenge 30 Monkey

More monkeys can be made on request

Sarah x

SOCK MONKEYS FOR ADOPTION

As part of my fundraising efforts to raise £10,000 for the Amazing charity Hope for Children I have been sewing away in my spare time (the little bit I have in between working full time, training and completing challenges lol)

I have been making these adorable Sock Monkeys ... and many more like them :)

If you would like to adopt one of the above monkeys or a monkey of your own choice (which I will do my hardest to find you can do so by either Emailing me directly at challenge30@live.com or visiting my eBay page each monkey cost a donation of £15 and yor money will help save the lives of children all over the world

ALL PROFITS FROM THE ADORABLE LITTLE MONKEYS GOES TO HOPE FOR CHILDREN  

CHALLENGE No 2: 750m Eton Open Water Swim

Today I completed CHALLENGE NUMBER 2 of 30 a 750m Open water swim in Eton
SUNDAY 27th May 2012
TOTAL RAISED TO DATE £2000 please add to this one my JUSTGIVING PAGE and help me save lives

I was nervous about this challenge, although I can swim I am not a confident swimmer and panic a little when lots of people are swimming around me, so I decided to take it slowly swim at my own pace and just think about getting round!

It was a beautiful sunny Sunday and the water, although it took your breath away when you got in wasn't to cold to swim in!

I have never swan in a wetsuit before and to be honest didn't like the experience! as I entered the water the wet suit became very tight around my chest and took my breath away making it hard to swim!

It took me 24 minutes to get around the 750m circuit which although twice as long as the first person round I was very pleased with!

To take a look at all the photos take a look at the Facebook album CLICK HERE and whilst your there feel free to add me and follow the rest of my challenges :)

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Challenges completed to date

1. 26 Mile London Trek
2. 750m Eton Open Water Swim

CHALLENGE No 1: 26 mile London Trek-a-thon

Challenge 30 has begun and i have sore feet! lol

Today I completed CHALLENGE NUMBER 1 of 30 a 26 mile trek around London
SUNDAY 13th May 2012
TOTAL RAISED TO DATE £1500 please add to this one my JUSTGIVING PAGE and help me save lives

Alison Catchpole and Jackie Argent completed this Trek with me in under 8 hours (including stopping time to eat and stretch!)

The Trek started in The Olympic village and ended up in Greenwich walking along a canal through Camden and past Buckingham Palace where the changing of the guards was taking place and along the Themes.

I thought that this would be one of the easier challenges and maybe it was! (in that case I'm scared about the rest!) I am not sure i have ever had blisters as big! poor feet!

This was an amazing Challenge, although I am in London a lot I tend to pop on to the tube pop up where I need to be and then disappear back underground again, it was great to see more of London! I discovered Little Venice! what a lovely place! cute little river boat café's that I will be visiting one day

To take a look at all the photos take a look at the Facebook album CLICK HERE and whilst your there feel free to add me and follow the rest of my challenges :)

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Challenges completed to date

1. 26 Mile London Trek

PRESS REALISE

Stylist at Clipso Watford is to Complete 30 Challenges at the Age of 30 to Raise Money for Charity

Challenge 30 is a project that Sarah Bishop a stylist from the Watford branch of Clipso (known as Tia to her colleges and clients) has set up to help raise money for a children’s charity named Hope for Children, she plans on raising a minimum of £10,000 to help save and enhance the lives of orphaned, poor and exploited children worldwide.

Sarah from Watford Hertfordshire is planning on completing 30 Challenges within one year starting 11^th May 2012, her 30^th birthday, including Skydiving, Abseiling, various Swims, a number of Runs including a Marathon, a Great Wall of China Trek, Bike Rides including cycling from London to Paris, Climbing Mountains such and Ben Nevis and Everest Base Camp and confronting her fear of needles by giving blood.  Take a look at Sarah’s full list of challenges on her website www.challenge30.co.uk .

“I can’t wait for challenge 30 to begin; it’s going to be a fantastic experience and the fact that I will be able to help so many children whilst doing all these amazing challenges is incredible” replied Sarah when asked about her thoughts on Challenge 30 “people have already been so generous with their donations, Hope are already doing such amazing job and I am really pleased that I can help them make a difference”.  Rachel Simkin, events manager for Hope for Children added “Sarah’s enthusiasm and energy to complete 30 challenges in a year to support Hope for Children is fantastic! The funds she is raising will make a very real difference to our projects and children”

If you wish to show your support for Sarah you can sponsor her through here Just Giving page http://www.justgiving.com/challenge30 

For more information contact

Sarah Bishop

Challenge30@live.com

Summer is coming!

Hello Everyone

The UK has been hot(ish) and Sunny for the first time this year! and doesn't it make everyone feel better!

What did you do today???

Myself? I have a massive spring clean! did about 300 loads of washing, re arranged all my draws and updated my blog! 

I am so excited about my up and coming challenges especially the skydive that is only a couple of months away! you can take a look at all 30 of my challenges here

Anyway just wanted to check in quicky!

Enjoy your week

Sarah xxx 

3 more spaces to skydive!!!!!

Good morning guys!
How are you this morning?

This is Just a really quick post on my way out the door to let you know 3 spaces have opened up to skydive with Challenge 30 Sunday 20th May 2012 in Northamptonshire

For more info check out the

FACEBOOK EVENT

or

Email me (challenge30@live.com)

Clipso sponsors Challenge 30 Abseil

Join The Charity Abseil with Clipso and Challenge 30 down the Harlequin in Watford

Sunday 12^th August 2012

Clipso along with Challenge 30 have arranged an amazing event to raise money for the wonderful Charity HOPE FOR CHILDREN to help save the lives of orphaned, poor and exploited woman and children across the world.

The Registration fee is £20 and can be paid in the salon or online at www.challenge30.co.uk

You will need to raise a minimum of £50 sponsorship for Hope for Children reg Charity number 1041258

Please ask Tia or any other member of the Clipso team for more information and about signing up.

If the abseil is not for you, you can sponsor your Clipso stylist whilst in the salon or online at www.justgiving.com/challenge30abseil

Skydive with Challenge 30

Challenge 30 has arranged to do a skydive in Northamptonshire and is putting together a team of people to do it with them!

Its on Sunday 20th May 2012 at Hinton Skydive Center, all you need to pay is a £30 deposit online and as long as you can raise £300 you will not have to pay another penny for this Challenge!!!

What to do next! ...

If this sounds like something you would like to do please Email me at challenge30@live.com and I can provide you with all the information and sponsor forms!

You can also look and click attend on the facebook event  to keep up to date with this event.

Please follow my Blog all the support means so much to me!
I am also on Facebook, twitter, and Google plus!
and remember every time you click on an advert on this page a donation goes to charity x

My 30 Challenges!!!!

1. TBC May 2012 Superhero 5k run (no details yet, check out last years)
2. May 2012 – May 2013 Don’t eat a chocolate bar for a whole year!!
3. 13th May 2012 Crazy mud challenge
4. 20th May 2012 Skydive
5. 27th May Eton 750m open water lake swim 
6. 10th June 2012 Great Kent 60 mile bike ride
7. 8th July 2012 Windsor 1500m open water river swim
8. 12th July 2012 10k run 
9. 5th august 2012 Suffolk coast 60 mile bike ride  
10. 26th August 2012 Marlow 3k Open water river swim
11. 2nd September 2012 90 mile London bike ride
12. 9th September 2012 Spartan Run
13. 16th September 2012 HSBC dualathon
14. 19th September 2012 London to Paris bike ride
15. 28th October  2012 10 mile run
16. 3rd November 2012 Trek the great wall of China
17. January 2013 Give up alcohol for a whole month!!
18. Arrange an Abseil Event in Watford (contact me to join in, 70 people needed)
19. March 2013 Silverstone Half marathon
20. 26th April 2013 Everest base camp trek
21. 5 mile run
22. Full Marathon
23. White water rafting
24. Blowdry-athon at Clipso £15 a blowdry and all money goes to charity
25. London to Brighton Bike ride
26. Sponsored silence (trust me that’s hard for me)
27. Arrange a party for disabled children
28. Arrange a charity ball (and your all invited)
29. Midnight walk
30. Give Blood (my biggest biggest fear!)

So what do you think? do you wanna join in with any? let me know below!!!

Why am I doing this!!!

I consider myself as one of the world extremely lucky people, I was born and raised in England and have always had a world of opportunities on my door step, I consider myself lucky because there is so much suffering in the world, people suffering from malnutrition due to lack of food, no clean water to drink, no shelter, no education, woman and children suffering from abuse and simply a basic lack of human rights that every human being on the planet should be entitled to.

I sat at home wondering what I could do to make a difference in the lives of these people how I could help give people, especially children, hope. Everyone deserves hope, everyone deserves to dream and everyone deserves opportunities, I believe that providing people with their basic human rights, the right to an education, the right to eat, the right to drink clean and safe water and the right to have self-respect and to be treated respectfully by others is something that we should all work closely together to help achieve.

I decided that I would set myself a challenge to raise as much money as possible to help children suffering around the world, I came across a charity called Hope for Children that runs amazing projects around the world and I have set myself a task, it’s called Challenge 30, I am hoping that Challenge 30 will raise a substantial amount of money to help the charity Hope for Children, helping them to make a difference.

With my 30^th birthday soon approaching I have decided to dedicate my 30^th year to help children, I will be completing 30 challenges over the year including treks, runs, a skydive and facing my biggest fear amongst plenty of other crazy things in return for sponsorship for the charity Hope for Children  

Please visit my website to find out more www.challenge30.co.uk

Thank you for taking the time to listen to me

Love and best wishes

Sarah xxx

Abseil with Challenge 30 in Watford 2012

I have come up with a great plan!! I am so excited, all this time I have been looking for an abseil to do and struggling to find one so I have decided to organise one myself! ... No No don't worry I am not going to try up a few ropes myself it will all  be arranged by a company that specialises in Abseiling Events!!!

The abseil will take place in the Watford area in 2012, I need at least 100 people to let me know they are up for it and I will get the ball rolling

so........... fancy it???????????

Click attend on the FACEBOOK EVENTS PAGE it would also be great if you could "like" the CHALLENGE 30 FACEBOOK PAGE and support me :)

If you don't have Facebook I am also on TWITTER or you can EMAIL ME challenge30@live.com

Take care and thanks for the support


Sarah xxx

PS everytime you click on an ad on this page money goes to charity :)

I am feeling very inspired right now!

Hello My Challenge 30 friends!

Thank you for following my blog, I really want to make this thing massive so please ask your friends to follow too!!??

I went to speak to Rachel from the charity Hope for Children yesterday and to meet the rest or the gang.  What an amazing place that is, a really small charity that makes sure all of the money donated to them goes straight to the children that need it and not through the government where it can get lost, its great to meet so many people that passionate about a great cause

The second part of my day yesterday took me to Harley street to meet a fantastic lady called Linda who has agreed to help me with my biggest challenge that I have thought of so far ... to give blood!!! now I know to some of you this wouldn't sound half as frighting as to jump 10000ft out of a plane or as hard as walking all the steps involved in walking the Great wall of China! but to me its my biggest fear and not a fear a phobia!  Linda is a hypnotherapist and she said she thinks she will be able to help me get over it and I have every faith in her.

So hence why I am feeling very inspired right now!!

Thanks for reading my blog guys

Love Sarah
www.challenge30.co.uk