Running for Heroes!

Malta Marathon/Half Marathon - 28th February 2010

Welcome to the Help for Heroes Malta Marathon 2010 team. We very much hope to have a team of around 100 runners, all doing this amazing event to raise money for our wounded Servicemen and women, the REAL HEROES.

We have all been motivated to take action by the moving stories from many of our inspirational injured Servicemen and women.

Over the past two years, many millions of people have been moved to support Help for Heroes in many different ways.  By joining our Malta Marathon 2010 team, our runners are acting in a very special way.  We know that our incredible Servicemen and women are an inspiration. By running for Help for Heroes, our runners are an inspiration, too.

They have committed themselves to hard training, raising money and completing a marathon or half marathon to make a real difference to those that have been injured in service to their country; that makes them special.

We hope to have all our 100 runners lined up on the start line in Malta. Although we can’t run together, we can gain a huge amount from knowing that there will be of 100 of us on the same road! It will be incredible!

It doesn’t matter if this is your first marathon/Half Marathon or your fiftieth, H4H Marathon Team is a team effort. We will all be out there training on wet dark days, piling on the miles, but do remember why we are running.  When you put those trainers on, you become the special person.

If you choose to join our special team of runners for this marathon attempt, please feel free to contact us after you have registered with any questions. We will always here to answer any queries you may have.

For my sins, I have run a few marathons, including New York, London (15 times), Berlin, Belfast, Venice, Koln, Manchester, Barcelona and several Ultra runs, so feel free to ask about anything, I know running quite well!!

If you need information on fundraising for Help for Heroes, read our fundraising information page.

In today's e-age, you might consider tapping into your email address contacts by setting up a justgiving sponsorship page and emailing the link to all in your address book.  Justgiving will handle all transactions, paying donations direct to Help for Heroes and, where appropriate, directly claim Gift Aid from the Treasury. They offer a worthwhile service, charging 5% of the total donations for taking the hassle factor away, leaving you to concentrate on training.  You are under no obligation whatsoever to pursue this route of obtaining sponsorship. Only you will know your target audience and the best approach to employ. Setup a Justgiving page here.

If you have any questions please contact Katie Cherrett on: .

Important: This is a new venture for us so please read any instructions you are sent very carefully.  You MUST pay all expenses to Running Crazy and only send us what you have raised for sponsorship/donations, this way we ensure that every penny goes to the wounded heroes.

Thanks again and Good Luck,

Mark
Chief of Staff
Help For Heroes

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Running Crazy Malta Marathon Package

Running Crazy have put together a special package for the Charity which includes being met at the airport, accommodation, guaranteed race entry, race and spectator support,pre-race meal, a special tour of the Islands services sights, and a great after race party!

Provided runners book their own flights to arrive anytime from the Thursday to the Saturday, and depart anytime from the Monday to the Wednesday then all the arrangements within the Running Crazy package will be made without cost.

What to do next:
STEP 1 - Contact 'Help for Heroes' on 01980 846 459 to confirm your participation and obtain the special 'Help for Heroes' runners pack which includes a running vest and sponsor forms.
STEP 2 - Apply for the Running Crazy information on the weekend's events by completing the Application Form and annotating 'Help for Heroes' in the Club/Charity name.   
Further information will be sent by return.