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Sunday, June 14, 2026

Running for Swifts - only a week to go!

Ok folks, a quick update. Firstly, the running: By this time next week, I'll (hopefully) have completed the East Yorkshire Half-marathon; today, then, was my last 'long run' before then (a few more short ones to go) - a 15km run into the city, via The Shambles (above) and Minster (below), and back. The good news is, my pace was good.... 

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... the bad, I've got a minor right hip issue, as well as two blisters on the side of my soles (wrong sock-and-shoe combination, evidently...). Big thanks to the lovely guys who run the Londis at the corner of Haxby Road and White Cross Road, who kindly gave me plasters for free mid-run!!
The fundraising? Great. So many donations, so many lovely people.... Very, very inspiring, thank you all so much! We passed the (revised) £2000 target yesterday, and are only about £350 off 2.5K - so, with less than a week to go, I've revised it up again! Why? Well, look no further than these pictures. Every penny goes to the fabulous folk of Leeds Swifts, to assist their incredible voluntary work helping these incredible birds.
It's easy to forget in this day and age that good people teaming up in the community can do wonderful, lasting things. That's what Leeds Swifts are all about, and that's why I'm hoping you've got some loose change handy - it only takes a minute to donate by clicking HERE.
THANK YOU!