Ross Goodman

Category: Fundraising

  • Running Edinburgh Marathon For CHAS

    On 7th September 2008 my daughter Emma Berry Goodman passed away from Motor Neurone Disease.

    Last year I ran a half marathon and cycled across Scotland to raise funds for MND Scotland.

    This year (before my 40th birthday) I will complete the Edinburgh Marathon on 23rd May 2010. I have also managed to elist the help of my two best friends Angus Denham and Paul Crawford.

    The childrens hospice, Rachel House in Kinross was a favourite outing for Emma and she really looked forward to her time there. The staff and volunteers there go out of there way to bring a smile to everyone’s faces!

    If you would like to show your support for the fantastic work done by CHAS please consider adding your donation on this page : http://www.justgiving.com/26Miles4CHAS

    You can see some of the photos that I have taken at Rachel House in Kinross here.

  • Fantastic MND Fundraising Night

    Last Friday Simon Corbett arranges a fantastic fundraising night for MND Scotland.
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    Simon had arranged an excellent DJ to keep the evening entertained.
    A quizz to test our general knowledge.
    A raffle to make sure that lots of us had something to take home.
    There was an auction of a bottle of whisky, signed by the First minister; that went for £250.
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    I’d like to thank Simon and his family and friends for organising the event, everyone who donated raffles and everyone who turned up of the night.
    Ross Goodman

  • Fundraising – MND Scotland

    Great Scottish Run – Half Marathon 13.1 miles – 6th September
    Pedal For Scotland – Glasgow To Edinburgh Cycle 50 miles – 13th September

    Background

    On the 7th September my 17 year old daughter; Emma Berry Goodman died of Motor Neurone Disease.
    Previously I had promised her that I would run a marathon before I was 40. I have just under a year to ensure that I do that.
    The only experience I have of running was doing a 10k for MND in 2008 so the half marathon is the next logical progression.
    Never one to do things by half I have also signed up for a 50mile cycle ride as a “cool down” event after the run.
    If you have never heard of Motor Neurone Disease have a look at their website http://www.mndscotland.org.uk/ I would pay particular attention to the video. The film has been given a cert 15 classification. It is a graphic portrait of how many people diagnosed and living with this illness can feel.
    In addition to making a donation here, it would be fantastic if you could either join me on either or both events or if you could come along on the day and cheer me on!

    Thanks

    Ross Goodman

  • Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show

    I have just seen this link on the MND Scotland web site.
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  • Emma is on Flickr

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    Emma has finally gotten around to registering on Flickr after years of me harrassing her to!

    She has uploaded some of the photos that she took for her photographic exhibition, have a look by clicking on the photo above.

  • Scottish MND Fun Run 2008

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    Sarah and I managed to finish the 2008 Scottish Motor Neuron Disease Association (SMNDA) Fun Run 10k (6 mile) route in a respectable 1 hour 20 minutes.

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  • My First Marathon

    Acording to my training plan here I have just finished my first marathon!

    I did it in a time of 5 hours 28 minutes.

    OK, in actual fact it took me 41 days, but it is a milestone !

  • New Personal Best ! — 4 Miles


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    That is most definitely the furthest and fastest I have ever travelled by foot in the last decade !

    OK, it was my slowest speed to date, but I’m not to concerned about speed just now.

    My goal is to finish the 10K in 4 weeks time; gulp, I can’t believe it’s so soon !

    If I could maintain my current 13minute mile I should come in under 1 hour 20 minutes, lets set that as a goal !

  • New Training Partner

    Sarah Goodman, my 13 year old daughter decided to join me on my run tonight.

    She did great, she did’nt slow me down any. I am keeping track of my training in a Google spreadsheet here.

    We are in training for our upcoming fundraising events.

    See the widgets on the right if you would like to donate.