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Village Stories seem to be getting any faster but at last I have
completed the challenge.
Thank you everyone who has already donated
At Last I’ve through my JustGiving page. If you haven’t yet
donated, please, please do. It is far easier to donate
to a this good cause than it is to run seven half
marathons!
Finished! You can read more about my Seven Halves
Challenge on my FaceBook page:

Rebecca Steele (retired runner) Usually the Cranbrook Cadets help with the annual www.facebook.com/SevenHalves2021
poppy appeal, raising money for the Royal British To donate please either scan the QR code in the
Over the last eighteen Legion. The RBL is a fantastic charity, providing bottom right corner of this article or visit:
months I have been a lot of support for members of the armed forces, www.justgiving.com/fundraising/rbl-seven-
very lucky that I have veterans and their families. Unfortunately I have not halves
only had to suffer from quite managed to match Captain Tom’s fundraising Rosie and Sean have
boredom. I recognise but have so far raised approximately £1,500. This is also kindly let me leave a
that that many people just over £10 per kilometre and with your help, I am collecting tin on the bar
have suffered from the hoping to raise a little more. at the Bell & Jorrocks for
tremendous upheaval I would love to say that the running got easier. I anyone who prefers to
caused by the pandemic would love to say that I became fitter and faster. In donate in hard currency
in the UK and around truth the running is still hard and my times don’t rather than on the internet!
the globe. I know that
I am very fortunate and
that boredom has been
one of the hardest aspects of lockdown for me. In this corner of rural Kent
we are never far from a footpath, bridleway or quiet country lane and even
during lockdown I was able to legally exercise by getting out and running
from home. I am not someone who has a passion for running, it is not
something that I find easy but, after I have finished a run, I find that I have
enjoyed stopping…..
During lockdown our Cranbrook School CCF instructor suggested that
cadets could follow Captain Tom Moore’s example and try to raise some
money for a worthwhile cause. I decided that it would be a good challenge to
run a Half Marathon around Bewl Water.
Pretty soon this challenge grew sevenfold and became the Seven Halves
Challenge, running half a marathon every month before Remembrance
Sunday 2021.

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