JPA Massive

Well it was cold, it was icy and Heaton Park in Manchester has way too many hills (too few of which seemed to go down....). However, the three members of the JPA Massive who made it to race day all made it to the finish without being last and in doing so have now raised £549 for MacMillan Cancer Support in memory of irreverentad/Adam with more hopefully to come. As I said in my post the other day, huge thanks to those members of Villa Talk who donated to the cause. To have people we've never met, and probably never will, pledging their support was fantastic and it is much appreciated. Adam's partner was there to cheer us home and hopefully the money we've raised will, in a very small way, help someone in future if they find themselves in a similar position.

Hi all, Just a quick one to say thank you again to those who have donated to the cause in memory of Adam - we've just managed to break £500 with a few days to go until the run Matt

Jeez - just logged onto the computer again after my post last night and have seen the extra donations that have come in and I want to say a huge thank you to those that have pledged their support. When the plan was formed to do the run, we wanted to do it for a reason and something in Adam's memory (as we are friends with his partner) seemed to be the perfect fit. When the first donation came through from VillaTalk, I had no idea where it was from and it was only when the second arrived that I thought I better google it and find out more - which led me to this thread. I'm not a fit person but have been working to get as fit as I can be, as it's always been important for me to do a good job in the run and do Adam's memory justice. At the end of the day, that is what I told his partner we planned to do. The fact that there are now complete strangers pledging their support in this way only makes me more determined to hit the target I have for the run. As it seems I'm now running on behalf of quite a few people, I best up the training! Thanks again - I'll make sure I do my best Matt

Wishing there was a bit longer to go as it's come round way too quickly but we'll get there!

I'm not actually an Aston Villa fan, although I think the club is one that has the potential to go far under Paul Lambert, having got through the difficulties that were faced last season. So why am I joining an Aston Villa fans forum? Quite simply to express my gratitude to those members in the off-topic section of the forum who have lent their support to our fundraising efforts in memory of 'Irreverentad', who himself was a poster until he passed away almost twelve months ago.