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Marino Onissi....London Marathon....NSPCC
Hi, thanks for visiting my page.
To celebrate my 40th year, I have decided to do something worthwhile and something that I have always wanted to do.............RUN A MARATHON.
It's a lot harder that I thought, there's the VERY early morning runs, the long runs at the weekends, the runs in the rain & wind and especially the 'I dont want to run today' runs. But I do them all, and it will be all worth it come April 17th.
I am proud to run on behalf of the NSPCC. As you know I have been a teacher for nearly 20 years and love the work they do with children especially their FULL STOP campaign. It really does make a diffrence.
Through Virgin Money Giving, you can sponsor me and donations will be quickly processed and passed on to charities. Virgin Money Giving is a not for profit organisation and will claim gift aid on a charity's behalf where the donor is eligible for this.
1st APRIL UPDATE.............The training has been really hard over the last month. On Tuesday I did my longest run, 20 Miles Non Stop...I was so happy i finished it. Now I'm in taper mode (calming down and no more very long runs until the big day). Thank you for all you wonderful support and kind words, with your donations I'm so going to reach my NSPCC target...It's the best thing I've done in a very long time.
10th APRIL UPDATE.....ONE WEEK TO GO............. My Marathon number is 44318, on the day we start at 9.45am and I avarage 10-11minute miles, so If your comming down to watch the Marathon you will be able to work out what time i will be passing (eg i'll be passing mile 12 approx 11.45am-12 noon) Thank You all for your kind donations.
********I DID IT !!!!!!!! ******* 5 hours and 40 min. It was really hot and mile 18-20 was the worst but the crowds just kept cheering me on. Today my legs and feet are in so much pain but, i did it! Thank you to all who came down to the Marathon and all the phone calls and texts.
I really appreciate all your support and thank you for any donations.
Kind Regards
MARINO
Recent donors
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Fern Robinson £15.00 (+ £3.75 giftaid) 16.05.11 Well done - it's a brilliant achievement! |
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Kiran,Manisha and the boys £21.00 16.05.11 Well done!!!! You finally made it. |
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John Onissiphorou £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 30.04.11 Well Done! Love Dad |
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Arthur family £40.00 (+ £10.00 giftaid) 29.04.11 |
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Anonymous £26.20 (+ £6.55 giftaid) 28.04.11 Well done, I am very impressed with you. Love Nicki F |
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gill £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 20.04.11 well done, now you can get back to some serious swimming! |
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Ktorides & Poyiatgi £100.00 (+ £25.00 giftaid) 19.04.11 Congratulations! It's a wonderful achievement and we are very proud of you. Love from the Ktorides & Poyiatgi gang! x x x x x x |
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Serena Ng and Family £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 17.04.11 I know you've already run it but WELL DONE! Here is your long awaited sponsership money. :D |
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Nico and Gyorgyi £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 17.04.11 All the best, matey - hope you make it! |
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Jane pryce £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 16.04.11 Best of luck Marino - we'll be thinking of you. Helena,Jane, Richard and Ollie |
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Ben, Karen, George & Bea £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 16.04.11 Good luck Marino |
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Paul, Loretta, Charlie + Ella £20.00 16.04.11 Good Luck Marino!!! |
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E. Tyler and family £20.00 15.04.11 Good luck Marino you're very plucky and it's a good cause |
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Natalia Kaczmarczyk & her families £20.00 15.04.11 Dear Mr Onissi Good luck for your Marathon on Sunday. |
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Izzy & the Driscolls £15.00 (+ £3.75 giftaid) 13.04.11 Good Luck! |
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Androulla & Chris Constantinou £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 11.04.11 We know you can do it. wishing you all the best for the day Love Androulla and Chris |
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Andreas £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 10.04.11 Good luck mate. |
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Anna £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 09.04.11 Congratulations for doing this, Marino! xx |
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Phoebe and Lumley family £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 09.04.11 We are right behind you! (some 26 miles behind you :-) |
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Dimitri and Maria Karathanos £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 08.04.11 Dear Marino, Good Luck, are you running while playing the Clarinet???? from your student, Dimitri |
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Nicholas & Katerina Zertalis £40.00 (+ £10.00 giftaid) 07.04.11 Dear Marino, If you come first, I promise that I will practise EVERY day and LEARN all my scales. Good Luck, from your student Nicholas |
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Pete £100.00 07.04.11 keep going Marino Very proud of what you are doing |
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Mario, Andrea, Georgio and Alana £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 07.04.11 Hi Marino, What a fantastic thing you are doing, and a great charity too! Very good luck on the run, we know you can do it! |
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Amanda Rochester £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 07.04.11 Dear Marino, Good luck, wish you all the beat, Amanda-Osidge School After School Club. |
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Ellie Appleyard (and grandparents) £15.00 (+ £4.23 giftaid) 05.04.11 Good Luck from Elinor, my grandparents really enjoyed the concert! |
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Clara and Iain £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 05.04.11 We may be lounging on the beach on the17th but we'll still be cheering you on! Good luck and enjoy! |
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Elaine £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 05.04.11 After all the hard graft preparing, what a big achievement it will be to reach the finish line on the 17th. You deserve it! |
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Anna Kaposi and Gary Bullock (Ella's parents) £40.00 (+ £11.28 giftaid) 04.04.11 Good luck. We know how hard the training is and are full of admiration. Enjoy the day!! |
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George & Helen Doumasiou £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 04.04.11 Marino well done. Keep eating my meatballs!!!!! |
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Monica Newton £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 04.04.11 Good Luck Marino, Very impressive challenge. |
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Helen Foster £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 04.04.11 Good luck with the run. Pace yourself!! |
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Sue Hatton £25.00 (+ £7.05 giftaid) 03.04.11 Good Luck Marino , if the sun's shining I'll be there to cheer you on. If it's raining I wont! |
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Andrew & Katy £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 03.04.11 Good luck, you've trained hard and listened to me well! Now you can enjoy the day. |
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Julia Blinko £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 03.04.11 Wishing you all the best for the 17th. I'm very impressed with all the training you've been doing! |
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James Lemmon and Family £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 03.04.11 Good Luck Marino - we will all be thinking of you on the day. James and all the Lemmon Family. |
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karen Bradley £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 01.04.11 Good luck and enjoy it! |
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Miranda and family £30.00 (+ £8.46 giftaid) 01.04.11 Good luck - at least all that running will make playing the clarinet and the sax a breeze. |
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Anonymous £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 01.04.11 Good luck from Deepika |
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Jennie Kirk £25.00 (+ £7.05 giftaid) 31.03.11 Terrific Marino, well done to you. An amazing effort to benefit such a great cause. Look after those toe nails! X |
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Tina and Martin Walsh £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 31.03.11 Good luck Marino. We will be willing you on. |
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Edward, Cherry and David £25.00 (+ £7.05 giftaid) 30.03.11 Hope it goes well on the day! Good luck! |
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Matthew Christou and family £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 30.03.11 Good luck Marino! from Matt |
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Mrs Carla mitchell £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 30.03.11 good luck from your sax student Kirsty and her parents |
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Anonymous £100.00 (+ £28.21 giftaid) 29.03.11 From Olivia and Susannah's Dad |
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Louise BT £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 29.03.11 If I see you, I'll toot!! |
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Rohan B £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 29.03.11 Have fun |
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Sarah Dumbrill £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 28.03.11 Marino - so proud of your efforts you put me to shame with all your training & early starts. I'll have to work on you to do a triathlon next ;-) Enjoy the big day & I'll see you at the finish line x |
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Carys O'Connor £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 26.03.11 I am very impressed! I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you. Carys x |
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Izzy Burman £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 25.03.11 Best of luck Mr O! Like you always told me, practice hard! Love Izzy Burman and family |
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Lewis, Jacqueline & Ole £100.00 (+ £28.21 giftaid) 25.03.11 Good luck Marino |
