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FAMILY BREAKS
Here are the dates for our
2006 inclusive Family Breaks
Friday 11th-Friday 18th August
Monday 23rd-Friday 27th
October
K CANOE COURSE
K Canoe Course over Easter,
dates to be confirmed.
Contact us for further
details and booking forms.
Kepplewray challenges exclusion and is founded on
a commitment to bring disabled and non-disabled
people together as equal partners.
The project provides an inclusive activity, education
and holiday centre for families, individuals and groups.
Through training programmes in Disability Issues and
Access Auditing it promotes the ethos of inclusion to
the statutory, voluntary and business sectors.
Kepplewray is in the South West of the Lake District
National Park.
Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA20 6HE
Tel: 01229 716936 Fax: 01229 716938
Email: stay@kepplewray.org.uk www.kepplewray.org.uk
I Love London Town
by Penny Moreton
It all came about 25 years ago, as I was a young PE teacher watching that very first
London marathon in 1981 and I thought I can do that!
Well 2005, 25 years on, I ran my fifth London marathon having chosen to raise some
money for
K again. The question I never ask myself is why I return again and again,
although I find it is the magic, the lure; the way a marathon finds you out; confronts
you and gives you an insight into your best.
London this year was buzzing; top class field, 33,488 participants and me. It was also
very warm, which made the race extremely hard; at times I lost all sense of
proportion. This year it was a feast to my emotions: joy, gladness, rage, despair,
exhilaration all rolled into one. Waiting for me during those last few hundred yards,
as I gazed sweat-smeared at the clock, was my second fastest London finishing
time: 4hours 15minutes 59 seconds
Also, as I stood to collect my medal, the day's memories reminded me why I was
there:
K would be able to continue to provide it's array of experiences and I was
only 33,487 runners behind Paula Radcliffe there's always next year!
New York, New York . . . !!
by Ian Christie
Bev & I were part of the founding group that set up
K about 15 years ago. In 1991 we started looking at
properties in the Lake District that could become a permanent site for running Pathfinder camps and
eventually came across
K, which at that time was semi derelict - unused for 10 years!
Since stepping down as Finance Director and a trustee, several years ago, my main involvement has been
raising money for
K through sponsored runs - mainly the London Marathon and the Great North Run (run 9
times!). In late 2000/early 2001 I ran three marathons in a year Disney (Florida), London & New York.
Like Penny, ever since I saw the first London Marathon in 1981, I'd always fancied taking part. Then, in the
90's, I started applying and finally, in 1995, they called my bluff and said "Congratulations - You're in".
I'm not a runner really, but the lure of being in the same event as the World Record Holder, Olympic
Champion, World Champion etc is compelling and probably unique in the world of sport.
The training can be rather tedious at times, but being part of a major sporting event and completing the
distance makes it all worthwhile. Also the crowds in London & New York are fantastic - as I made my way
up First Avenue in New York, from Manhattan to the Bronx, so many of them were shouting me on by name
(written on my shirt to help!). The runners also encourage each other particularly when the going gets
tough.
Every time I do a marathon, I reach a point in the race when I realise what a long distance 26.2 miles is
- when this happens depends on how much training I've done! This time I was fine up to about 11-12
miles, when I decided it was better to ensure I completed the course rather than push myself and end up
in an ambulance (like some did!). It's amazing how the elite athletes can sprint their way around the
course in around two hours!
Yesterday, for the first time on completing a marathon, I said to myself - NEVER AGAIN!! But will I forget
the pain - like Sir Steve Redgrave who said never again after winning Gold at the 1996 Olympics, only to
repeat it again 4 years later in Sydney?
We shall see . . .
Ian Christie - I'm not a runner really
Penny Moreton - This is why I do it!
