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Oh Yeah, Archery!

OK, I know it wasn't specifically the Olympic version but, on my jousting day, I also spent a morning learning all about the history of archery and practising my hand at it. Given that not a single archery club has responded to my requests to try their sport, I'm going to go ahead and say that my...

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At the Olympic Stadium

As I write is, I am standing just outside the Olympic Stadium for the London 2012 Games...waiting to walk inside and run the 100m. How exactly I have ended up here is unclear. I do, however, know it involved dozens of generous people, all of whom I can't thank enough for everything they have donate...

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Me. In the Olympic Stadium. IT’S HAPPENING!

Thanks to some incredibly generous donations, I have now raised enough money through the Gold Challenge that they are going to let me run do my 100m sprint event in the actual London 2012 Olympic Stadium, in front of 20,000 people! Do I know how to sprint properly? No. Will I learn how to sprint ...

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Olympic Stadium? 20,000 people? 100m? ME?!

So it turns out I'm still one of the Gold Challenge's highest fund-raisers so far. That's pretty cool! I haven't quite reached the heights of the guy raising money to save the rhinos, but I'ml making good progress. However, it also turns out that, if I raise £500 more (bringing my total to £150...

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