World Record Attempt – 63 Marathons In 63 days
…books about other people taking on challenges, chasing their dream goals, running adventures and I wanted to be THAT person. That person who encouraged and inspired people like me to dream big. That person who showed people like me that nothing was impossible. My marathon experience, up until that point, included a failed first attempt (I gave up at mile 19), followed 6 months later by a 4:59:38 London marathon finish and then a couple years late…
25th July 2017read full article
The Irishman who ran around the world
Tony Mangan
- 2.00%
Funded - € 100
Pledged - 0
Days Left
Cornwall to Gold Coast 2018
…rs, at the moment, are x minutes away. What else? Aside from long distance running, I also run my family’s B&B and help with weddings and events at Trereife House – initiatives we continue to maintain and conserve this Grade II* listed building and gardens. Trereife has been in the family for many generations and my parents currently live there. This is a 7-day a week job, around which I do the best I can to train with local runners and on my own….
14th September 2016read full article
Cape Wrath Trail, UK – Fastest Known Time
…e UK with a captive audience of over 10 million people. Although I will be running the full route myself, I will have team meeting me at the majority of road crossings with food and water replenishment. Between each resupply there is up to 8 hours of remote mountain running, so I will be carrying all of my own kit for survival, endurance and safety. My support team will have food and hydration on tap, be my safety over watch (through a live GPS tr…
5th January 2020read full article
Triathlon | Kona 2017
…e top of the sport began back at school at around the age of 15. I started running – and winning – the longer distance running events in Athletics and Cross Country, then switched to cycling and won the Junior Tour of Wales, Britain’s most prestigious junior cycling race; all you have to do is Google the past winners to see this That catapulted me into a professional cycling career and for two years I raced for high-profile teams Madison Genesis a…
17th June 2016read full article
Deaflympics Athletics Team
…University was something that I never dreamed possible until I started my running. I was thrilled and very proud to win Bronze medals at 1500m and 3000m at the European Youth Championships (2012). Since then I have competed at the European Cross Country Championships in 2014 and Track & Field in 2015. In 2016, I won Bronze medals at the European Indoors in Poland for 3000m and the Youth Championships in Germany at 5000m and am now a reasonably ex…
9th December 2016read full article
Fife Thistle Development Scheme
…he changing rooms and provide some much needed funds to help keep the club running and the management of the A team, Colin Murray and Gary Kirk as well as the management of the B team, Ross Keracher, Nick Hallam and David Addison, thank you in advance for your support. Any pledges will be greatly appreciated and we look forward to trying our best to keep our club running long term and returning to our home in Balmullo. And no amount is to small or…
6th December 2016read full article
Wananchi Sports Club – Youth Sport Uganda
…Club, I was able to collect 2nd hand sticks but they proved so expensive to send. This is where the idea came to me that, perhaps the idea of crowdfunding using Pledge Sports would be ideal. Joshua intends to allocate the money towards the running of the Club and to also fund new equipment for the Club’s members. I am running Boom Hockey Camps this year and my intentions to raise funding for Wannichi collectively and it would be great to get whate…
14th June 2017read full article
David Lloyd ITF G4
Gareth hixson
- 21.67%
Funded - € 650
Pledged - 0
Days Left
Hip resurfacing operation needed – help me run again
…& it’s part of who I am. If I have to have a hip replacement, I can only return to swimming. I know I am still lucky to have that as an option but I want to be able to run and cycle & a hip resurfacing operation will give me a new lease of life & allow that. So I am appealing to the running, swimming and cycling community to help me raise money to fund this privately – which is my only option. I have been through appeal processes & paying for the…
27th April 2018read full article