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LISTEN BACK TO TIM, DEXTER, MARTIN AND LISA · The Folkestone & Hythe Sports Podcast

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This is Kevin Sportsfirit Daily here on one of five point nine Academy of m
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bringing you the Folkstone and Hive Sports Show. On today's show. In the
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first hour, we're joined by eleven year old Dexter who'll be cycling the equivalent
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distance of London to Brighton to help raise money for a cause called Ryley's Take
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a Seat Fund, and he will be joined by his dad Tim. In
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the second hour, we're joined by Martin Chandler, who this Sunday takes on
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the London Landmarks Half Marathon as he raises money for Evelena Children's Hospital. And
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then we'll be joined by Lisa Yorke, who is also running the London Landmarks
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Half. She wants to share her story after suffering a few low points in
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her life and now she's turned it around and is now helping others. So
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let's start a show with a cracking song from nineteen seventy six the Bellowie Brothers
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let Your Love Flow, and some local music Local music there by Lenny and
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before that the Bellamy Brothers with a great track to start a show from nineteen
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seventy six, So let your Love Flow. Okay, Now, this is
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a great story today. I'm really so pleased, and we've got these two
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guests in which joined now by Tim Drey and his son Dexter. Hello Tim,
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Hello Dexter, and welcome to the show, Kevin. Yeah, good,
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excellent. Now then we start with you, Dexter. We'll get you
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straight in to it. So tell us how old you are and what you're
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up to this Saturday. I'm eleven and on Saturday I'm doing a fifty four
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mile bike ride. Fifty four Wow, that is some distance. So I
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mean, are you really ready for this? Are you really ready to go?
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Hopefully? Yeah? Yeah? Good? All right. So I mean
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we're going to we're going to just find out all about the day because your
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dad's here, but we want to find out speak to your dad, Tim,
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Tim, I did all this start where it started? Last year we
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sadly lost our son, Dexter's older brother, and we've decided we wanted somewhere
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somewhere where his friends and family could go. So we acquired a bench on
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over harbor board on the Marina Curve and we were sat there one day and
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Dexter asked what the people do if they haven't got the money to pay for
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benches. Okay, and that's where Riley's Take a Seat Fund began. He
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just so I did that he was going to raise money to pay for benches
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and trees. All right, what a great idea. We originally only set
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out to raise five hundred pounds for one bench. Yeah yeah, and it's
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got bigger than we far, has it? Yeah yeah, far bigger than
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we ever thought. So yeah yeah, okay, And I mean I don't
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know how much as a bench cost. Well to have a plaque put on
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a bench, is five hundred pound is well on an existing bench? Yeah
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yeah? And he's paid for one, so that the people have now got
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that. We're now looking into maybe trees and plaques for people getting in touch
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with farriers because they were brilliant for us, and seeing about people who can't
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afford to have memorials to maybe have their name in the Book of Remembrance,
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yeah, or the plaques out burrom because we just feel that memorial places shouldn't
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be means dependent. So you're thinking of other people that perhaps might not be
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as fortunate as yourselves, that might be struggling to have somewhere to go to
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remember their loved ones. Ye. So how did you come up with the
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idea of a bike ride. Well, Dexter originally wanted to do the London
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to Brighton. Oh did you, Dexter? So you wanted to cycle from
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London to Brighton? Did you? Yeah? But you know old enough,
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no, And it's a bit of a challenge, isn't it. I mean
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it's a long way. I mean, I know you're going to do the
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same. That's a great idea actually, because you've got another member of the
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family that's done London to Brighton, haven't you. Who's that? My granddad,
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your granddad? Yeah, he has mail. You see, I know
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your granddad and I know male and I've known it for a long time and
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I know for a fact that he's done to London to Brighton and he's done
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it twice. And I could tell you this that in twenty eighteen he raised
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twelve hundred pound for mc millan Nurses Cancer and he said never again, never
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going to it again. And because this horrible thing called Ditchling Beacon gets in
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the way, it's a he all like that. Anyway, he went back
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in twenty twenty two. He was an hour and twenty minutes faster, but
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he still couldn't get up that hill. So you're lucky you're doing it on
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a nice flat sea for and aren't you anyway, Just we'll say this that
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that year he raised five hundred pounds for a Make a Wish foundation. So
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on Saturday, you are, he's joining you on Saturday, isn't Heah.
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He's a good person to have on board actually, because he's got the experience
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of cycling all that way. Do you think you're going to get any Are
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you going to have any problems on your bike? Is your bike all up
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to it and it's all been Yeah, so your bike's your bike's all raring
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to go, is it? Yeah? Good? Good, that's good.
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Okay, Tim, let's bring you back in. Have you had to have
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you had to go to any lengths to get this particular course, you know,
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permissions or anything like that. We did get in touch with the over
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Harbor Board to make sure that it was all right too to do it that
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day. They have a park run in the morning, so we can't start
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until eleven, but yeah, they said it was all right. Originally we
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wanted to make it a big event, another marquee and that there, but
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because of insurances, we had to scale it down a bit. It's still
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going to be a good day. And yeah it's great. I mean the
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weather doesn't look too bad actually at the moment, so fingers crossed now.
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I was actually at the very first park run at Dover, so I kind
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of know the course. But what shocked me was the bit around the back
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They call the curve, don't they. And I've always we've always walked from
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like that restaurant up to the other end and back and it wasn't utill I
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was at the first part run and Amy, the lady was the race director.
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She said, oh, we go. You know, there's the curve
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around there and I said, the curve? What's that? So I had
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to walk around there and it's a lovely focal space, isn't it. And
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is that where the benches? Yep, that's where Riley's bench is about halfway
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up. That's where Dexter will be starting, So that would be your focal
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point you start on the finish. Yeah, sorides from from the bench down
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to the other end to the coffee be on the road or is he allowed
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to go on the on the on the on the promenade because there's a cycle
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path is there. Oh yeah, of course there is. Yeah, And
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it's funny. You know, I've walked that so many times, and now
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you said it, I realized this is I think I had a few cyclists
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win ting ting as they went by, and then you ran me over.
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Yes, so you have to be to make sure you don't run anybody over,
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Dexter. Okay, Well we're going to take a little break now,
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but we're going to come back because there's loads more we want to talk about.
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But I found this a lovely little song and I think it's just perfect
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for what you're doing on Saturday. I want to ride man and where there's
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special song for dex today, and that'll be buzzing around in his head all
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day Saturday. You probably won't want to see another bicycle after Saturday night,
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right, Dexter. Let's bring you in there. Let's talk about this bike
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ride then. So you're going to start off around the curve and it's going
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to go right to the end along the cycle path. Is that correct?
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Yeah? Yeah, okay? And will anybody be joining you? I know
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your granddad is, but you've got any friends going to come along? I
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think one of my friends might be right, So your bike. Have you
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been getting it ready? Let's talk about the bicycle side of things. Do
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you know how to change a puncture? No, well that's what your dad's
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there for, isn't it it. Yeah, And so your bike's all tip
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top ready to go? Yeah? Yeah, right, have you been training
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much? You've been doing out on your bike just to get a little feel
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for it? Yeah? Yeah. And you've got how many miles have you
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got to do? Fifty four? Fifty four? So how many up and
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times up and down? You know? Got one lap half far? Is
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one lap that will be twenty seven there and backs twenty seven So there's fifty
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four, isn't it. So? Also it's a mile there and a mile
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back. Oh that's hay in it. Yeah, fifty four. So fifty
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four that sounds a long way. So you're gonna have a little sleep halfways,
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you think, fully not? Yeah, No, Well I've looked at
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the weather and it looks quite nice, because I was chatting with Mail last
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week actually and he said it didn't look too good. But it's funny the
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old BBC. Yeah, the weather changes the closer you get to the day.
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Back to you, Tim, So you've got you've got all the on
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the bicycle side of things. You've got all the kit down there if it
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gets a puncture, or you've got all your spanners on that, have you?
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Yeah, yeah, well I will have yeah. Yeah, I'm designated
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pitt Man. Okay, yeah yeah, and all the rest of the family
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coming down. Yeah. Yeah. A few friends have said they'll swing by
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as well. Yeah. I think a few of male's friends have said they'll
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come and do a couple of laps. Right, Mum's going to be doing
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a lap with him, you see, are good well, Dexter. I'm
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pretty sure that the family are out there listening. So if you want to
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say a few hellos to your family, Hi, Mum, I'm on the
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radio. Yeah, and hide done high Bluebell and maz we'll bet the dog
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and the cat and the budget you've got any of them. No, she
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won't be listening. She's upstairs probably watching. Oh well we can say anyway.
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Right, so this sounds like a big team event. Now you've got
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Ryley's bench's all paid for and all sorted. Yeah yeah, but you've got
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a nice pot of money to distribute to other people, and so what are
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you going to do with that? Because the councils are not taking any applications
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for new benches. Like you said, we've got this pot of money,
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so we've decided to pay for trees and plaques, to pay for people to
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plant in gardens, and then also the price of the plaques and the book
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of remembrance at Barron is it's a lot. I mean, once you've you've
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paid for that day. Very rarely have you got one hundred and fifty pounds
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to put a name in a book. Yeah, So we're going to we're
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going to speak to farriers and say, anyone who you feel is struggling and
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we can't there is that pool of money there for them. So farriers were
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the undertakers, were they? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, they were brilliant,
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especially a lady killed Sarah. Oh yeah, that's good diamond, Yeah,
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excellent. Something you don't think of, actually, you signing a book
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of remembrance and having to pay for it. So have you thought of any
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idea? So farriers are going to help you in this. I suppose they've
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got the understanding and the kind of knowledge that you'd be looking forward to.
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We haven't contacted them yet because we want to know the exact pool that we
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can donate. Yeah, well you have a cut off time to say,
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right, that's it, you know, it's the end of end of April.
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Yeah, right, Well we're coming to all that go fund me just
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before we go. But this is also my idea, Dexter, and so
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you've really got to be praised for it. Just tell me how how you
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thought of this this idea in the first place when he was preps sitting on
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Royali's bench. So we were sat on the bench and then we took a
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walk to the end of the curve and there was like a couple of benches
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left, and I thought that some people might not be able to afford benches
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because they were quite expensive. Yeah, So then I asked my mum how
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I do you have to be to start charity and then she said that I
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could start one now if I wanted to. So then my mum and dad
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like help sort everything out. And then it was all your idea, was
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it? Yeah that is brilliant. Yeah, that's fantastic. And Tim,
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how much is actually in your pot now? So far we're just over three
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thousand and five hundred really, oh wow, that is mo. Yeah,
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it's still climbing. We have a raffle going, so tickets can be purchased
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through the go fund me page. Some excellent prizes there's a Eurotunnel day trip.
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Oh I wonder where that came from. Thank you, Mill Tatoo vouchers
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from Merlin's in tatoists and Dover driving lessons from Lighthouse Driving ten three driving lessons.
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They're based in Folkston. So yeah, there's still there's plenty of prizes
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and if anyone wants to buy raffle tickets, yeah, we'll come to that,
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right. So I'm sure Tim, and I'm sure Dexter you've got you
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want to thank people, so Tim will start with you. I just want
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to say thank you to first of all Dover Harbor Board for allowing us to
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do it that day, Merlin Tattoos, Eurotunnel, Lighthouse Driving, thank you
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for the prizes. Thank you to everyone who's donated prizes. Thank you for
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the Sea Angling Association Club and Over. They have given us their whole to
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do the raffle and have a little shindig after. I think Dexter's going to
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need it. He won't be at a stand up maybe he's still in a
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sitting down position, I think, But yeah, thank you to everyone who's
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donated. Mate, this what it is, and this is Dexter's brainchild.
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He's designed the logo, he's decided the name. Everything still business, okay,
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Dexter. So will you be at sleep Friday night? Do you think
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will you be too excited? You might need your sleep? Actually, probably
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best to try and get some need. But I'm not sure i'll be able
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to. Like Christmas is and when the next day is going to be exciting,
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he will be Yeah, I can't sleep, Yeah, I know.
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Yeah sleep Saturday, Yeah, you're right there. And Sunday. Yeah,
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it's because you'll be not at school. You've got a week off, another
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week of right. So so Tim is time to wrap it up now,
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So let's let's get down to the nitty gree. Just remind our listeners and
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please listen us. If you're out there and you're like, you know,
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you're warm into this story and you want to go along, Tim's going to
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tell us where you can go. And perhaps even if you just do a
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lap and make a donation, that would be a great idea and you'll be
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doing something really really special. And to be honest, I think this is
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something that no one's ever thought of before. This is a unique idea from
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an eleven year old, So let's let's learn by it. So, Tim,
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when and where is it going to be? So it will be on
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oversea front from the curve. That will be this Saturday. And it starts
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at eleven eleven, right, and it finishes about three o'clock the next day,
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doesn't it finish week Saturday? Yeah? And so you've got a go
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fund me page, But how can people get in touch with that? Can
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they go directly or can they go through your Facebook page or have you got
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a special Facebook pace out? Yep, we've got a Facebook page. Riley's
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take a seat fund Riley spelled r y elie y. All the details are
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on there, everything that Dexter's doing, we'll go on there. All the
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details for the go fund me, the details for the ride and the raffle.
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So the cutoff point is end of April, and then you can announce
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just how much you pay, right, Okay, Well, Dexter, Tim,
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thank you so much for coming on. Good luck for Saturday. I
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mean, you're doing something to help others. It's really commendable. And this
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is making you know your school, your parents, or your family really proud
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of you, so so Tim, thanks for bringing Dexter on and I just
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want to issue both all the best and good luck for Saturday. Thanks for
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having us on. What a brilliant story. And once the end of April
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is up, we will let you know just how much the fund made and
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just exactly where it's gone. As the hole is there there that I breathe.
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Okay, time to turn their attentions now to the Folkston ten Now Good
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Friday. I was on the MIC at the fortieth birthday of the Folks and
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Running and Athletics Club ten mile race. The limit was set at eight hundred
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and it was a sellout, which is a shame really for some of those
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that couldn't get a place because according to the race results, only six hundred
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and eighty five actually run the race, meaning one hundred and fifteen runners didn't
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turn up. It seems to be the trend actually, which is a shame.
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High tides the night before caused a huge amount of shingle to be washed
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up on the Sandgate Promenade section and an urgent call was put out for volunteers
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to go up with their brooms and sweep the path, which they did.
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Magnificently. Now, if you managed to track down any photos of the on
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the Facebook on the Folkston page, you just see what a great job they
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did. The place was absolutely you couldn't see the path, it was just
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smothered and shingle. Now, the race was started by Mike Gratton, who
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actually won the very first race forty years ago. Mike is a local lad
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and it was good to see him back in his hometown. The race was
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won by Josh Carr from the Cambridge and Coleridge Club in a time of fifty
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three minutes twelve seconds, but all the runners had to battle with a fierce
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wind that got up just as the race started, and one cheeky athlete said,
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well, thanks for providing forty mile an hour winds. Are this on
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your fortieth anniversary? However, Mike Grant's course record still stands at forty eight
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minutes forty five seconds, which he is held since nineteen eighty five. And
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after the race I managed to catch up with him and his partner Amy,
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who actually ran the race. So let's have a little listen. So I've
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just had a lovely day here down at the green at Hive and the folks
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in ten is now over, and I'm joined by the gentleman who won the
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very very first race forty years ago. Hello Mike, how are you?
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I'm very good. Thank you, it's so good to see you. How'd
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you feel about coming back here. I'm happy to come back and completely didn't
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run because it's a bit windy. You're right it was. We've been hearing
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about that later from your partner Amy, who did actually run it. But
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take us back to your early days of your school and how you sort of
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broke into running. Yeah, my dad was in the Army. We were
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stationed in Germany and the school I went to there had into Service Schools championships
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and I did the eight hundred meters. School needed someone to do it,
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so I put my hand up and I finished second. So next thing is
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my dad was stationed back at Shorncliffe and this was his last stationing, so
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he bought a house in Cheriton. I went to more Horse School for my
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O levels and while I was there, the pe teacher stuff suggested I're going
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on to the local running club, which was obviously Folkson, and in no
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days we trained on a little grass circuit down back of State Street before we
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moved there up to Shorncliffe on the Cina track, the Ciner track. I
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remember that because we used to race around the cinder track. But the cinder
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track's not there unfortunately. But we have got a lovely brand new running track
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behind the Three Hill Sports Park anyway, Sorry I digressed, that's right.
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So I'm pleased they have because we campaigned right back in the early days of
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the Folks and Sports Center at Bagnon Park and we helped raise money for that
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to mere help hope at the time we will get a running track, maybe
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at the cricket stadium. It never happened, but now it happens. Yeah,
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yeah good. So I mean, how did you break in? You
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so you're with folks at running club in your school days. The next step
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it was through school really. I got entered into the district school's cross country
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which was that brock Hill, uh. And then from there I got into
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the district team for the county cross country as an intermedia, got in the
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Kent team and then the English School Championships were at Luton. So I finished
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about one hundred and fortieth I think in that and that really sort of made
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me think I'm a county level runner. So that summer I made the English
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Schools track and field team, finished seventh in the fifteen hundred and went on
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to win the English Schools five thousand meters three years later, and by then
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I was doing a pe course at college, starting to think about the marathon.
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Then the marathon boom started and there was ideal timing for me. Yeah.
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Good, So there's forty years ago. But it's funny that those early
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clubs. For example, last weekend I was in Hastings to watch that they
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are half marathons and there was also their fortieth anniversary. So those clubs are
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boomed in the in the eighties and they are still around. It's forty years
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ago, it is, and it's it's the first London Mountains started all that
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up because there were lots of little club races Tombridge ten, Thant ten.
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They all existed, but they were quite small. Yeah, and then all
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of a sudden there's this new boom of runners who wanted to run the London
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Mountain needed to start somewhere, so lots of running clubs can Toby Harriers,
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South Kent in this area of folks and obviously just absorbed all these new runners
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and suddenly there was a need for play more races on the seafront and Folks
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and half Mountains and Hastings. Yeah, it didn't exist before. That's right.
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Now we're also joined by Amy, Mike's partner Amy. You had the
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pleasure of running today, didn't you? I did? Hell was it?
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Because it was a very breezy when I got out of the car this morning
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on the course, I got straight back in, So hell's it for running?
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It was breezy, but it was breezy for all of us. So
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this was my first time doing the Folkeston ten and great on the way out
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and you had to dig deep and work hard on the way back, but
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really well supported, really enjoyed it. And there's no hills, no hills,
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totally flat. It's not is it definitely not. It's not like that's
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not like Scottish shows. But yeah, no, it was good. It
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was good out and back, straightforward and you just had to dig deep.
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Yeah, yeah good. How does it compare to some of your other races?
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I mean you've probably done you've done loads and loads of races, but
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yeah, is it is it sort of an easy one? You think,
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I know, the conditions are tough, but conditions are tough for everybody.
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Easy one probably if you're on your game, yeah, and if you piece
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it right. But yeah, it's good open back, it's straightforward. You
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can get into kind of your your rhythm. Let's just see so you can
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keep that rhythm. But you can't. You could do negative splits, but
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unfortunately for me to do it was positive. You were there taking part.
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Lovely see you. Yeah, okay, finding back to you, Mike.
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There, We're going to just have a little shout out for two O nine
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events because I bump into you over in Cyprus, and so how's two O
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nine events going. They're doing well. I've taken semi retirement because I'm seventy
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in November, but I'm still enjoying going to Cyprus and just come back from
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Portugal. Hence I've got a bit of a suntan and that's the coaching side.
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But we're still doing the New York Mouth, in Chicago Mouth and all
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those things, and it's a pleasurable side of industry. The office stuff I
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don't go and do anymore, the good stuff I still do. Yeah,
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Mike, it's been a pleasure to talk to you and you today. Thank
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you so much. For coming back and it's so nice. You've got a
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little place in your heart, folks. And then the folks in too.
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It all started. Yeah, thank you so much. Okay, it's a
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pleasure, so great catch up there with Mike and Amy and it sounds like
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they're going to be back now. I mentioned his company two o nine Events.
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Well two o nine actually was the time that he won the London Marathon
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in nineteen eighty three. So if you ever fancy running a marathon in places
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like China, Greenland, South Africa, Sydney and many more exotic venues,
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just google two o nine Events. But they do also organize events at home.
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Now myself and missus Ferrett now Mike would have known her back in the
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day as Superville. Now we volunteer for him at the four Days Cypress Challenge,
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which is held in November this year. This is where we mix a
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holiday with a bit of giving back something to the sport we both love and
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that's running. Now, before I close this report, a massive thank you
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must go to race director and former guest of the show, Margaret Whittam and
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all the running members who gave up their time to Marshall and as I said,
24:55
earlier to sweep the shingle of the promenade. Four members of the club
24:59
were given world card. Torbyn Jessen was first in the Vet sixty age group
25:03
in a time of one hour, four minutes, five seconds. Tom o'
25:06
murray was annext in one hour eleven twenty three. Hazel Green was first female
25:11
VET fifty five in one hour seventeen fifteen, and Ivanna Cullier was finishing just
25:17
behind Hazel in one hour twenty one fifty seven. A big thank you must
25:22
also go to club store with Dave Danya, whose idea forty years ago it
25:26
was to start the race. He's also served many years as a runner,
25:30
race director, secretary and treasurer and somehow I don't think we've seen the last
25:34
of him. So all in all, a good day all round. So
25:37
time for a bit of music now, and we've got altered images and if
25:41
it is your birthday out there, happy birthday. Also dimages there from nineteen
25:57
eighty one, and for anyone who's got a birthday out there, happy birthday.
26:03
Okay, time for some netball news now. Last Saturday, the Folks
26:06
in Netball League held their annual Easter tournament at the three Hills. It was
26:10
well supported with ten teams taking part. Some team names where they come from
26:14
Folkstone, they were familiar and some have come from outside the area. Now
26:18
the results pick A Mix took the bronze trophy, Silver Ferns Well they took
26:22
the silver trophy and taking the gold trophy were RDM Sharks. Other teams involved
26:29
were Falcons, Barretts, Woodpeckers, Vipers, Tigers, Rough Diamonds and the
26:33
Spice Goals. Star player of the tournament was Katie from RDM Sharks and the
26:38
best umpire was Ange Bates. Now, the feedback from the tournament was good,
26:42
so if you want to get involved with the netball then check out the
26:45
folks in the Netball League of Facebook page and thanks once again to Hannah Palmer
26:51
for that information. Now a bit of a music tribute time. Unfortunately,
26:55
it's time for another tribute to a musician who sadly passed away. Now the
26:59
name r Is Cross might not be familiar to you, but he was a
27:02
co writer of a song made famous back in the early eighties by his group
27:06
Ultravox, who released the song Vienna in nineteen eighty one. Miture was the
27:11
front man for Ultravox, but it seems that all the band members had a
27:15
hand in writing this classic track. One story goes that they were writing this
27:18
love song set in Vienna and putting a lot of classical influence into the composition.
27:23
When midure at the time he said to the producer he said, do
27:27
you know what? He said? This means nothing to me, to which
27:30
the producer said, oh, that's a great line. We put that in
27:33
the song. Anyway, the song only made it to number two as it
27:36
was kept off the top spot by would you believe it, Joe Dulce's shut
27:40
up at your face. That's a real travesty of justice. That was now.
27:44
Bassist Chris Cross passed away on March twenty fifth, but the news was
27:48
not shared with the public until this week. Whilst his name is not so
27:52
well known, the song he played a part in writing We live on for
27:55
a long long time. So let's have a little listen to Ultravox and Vienna
28:19
the arrhythmics. They're from nineteen eighty three. Right by your side. Now,
28:26
I just want to put this little bit in. It's a wheelchair basketball.
28:30
Now, if you get a chance, go down to the Folks and
28:33
Sports Center and watch these guys in action. It really is exciting. It
28:37
really is is like so fast, you know. And Folks have got a
28:41
team called the Arrows and they're in the league and at the moment their top.
28:48
But so we want to wish them good luck for Saturday because on Saturday
28:52
at the Folks and Sports Center they welcome a team from Cardiff in Wales called
28:56
Cardiff met Archers. Now this is in there to stay top of the league.
29:03
Next week they travel back down to Cardiff, which is their final game
29:06
of the season. Now they've really got to win both games to stay in
29:08
contention of winning the league because Cardiff have got two games in hand. And
29:14
you just see that the way this game goes, it's just like end to
29:17
end. It really is such exciting stuff. Now, I would suggest that
29:22
you find out a little bit more about it if you go to the Folks
29:26
and Arrows Wheelchair basketball site and check it out, and why not pop down
29:30
there. And you can also probably when the league is finished, they carry
29:34
on training. You can go down and try it yourself. Because what they
29:38
do you don't have to be if you like disabled, you can be able
29:42
bodied and they strap you into a wheelchair makes it a level playfield, but
29:48
it's really worth a try, and I think you should go down down and
29:51
have a little got Okay, So we're going to play a little song now,
29:53
and this is a strange old song, but it's by Nina Cherry and
29:59
it's called seven secon Now. We had a gift in here once and I
30:02
played this song and she said to me, when I was being born,
30:06
my mum would have played this song right at the berth. So they were
30:10
going push no, no yet seven seconds. This is Kevin's Sports Very Daily
30:32
here on one of five point nine Academy of m and you're joining me for
30:36
the second hour of the Sports Show, and we've got a fully packed show
30:38
today coming up. In this hour, we'll be chatting to Martin Chandler,
30:45
who this Sunday takes on the London Landmarks half marathon as he raises money for
30:49
Evelena Children's Hospital. And then we'll be joined by Lisa Yorke who's also running
30:56
the London Landmarks but she wants to share her story after suffering a few low
31:00
points in her life, how she turned it around and is now helping others.
31:11
So don't go away. Have you got the kettle on two sugars for
31:15
me. So we're going to listen to get the show, get this second
31:21
out, going to Banana Rama and then some local music. Okay. So
31:42
now we're joined in the studio by Martin Chandler. Hello Martin, and welcome
31:47
to the show. Okay, thanks, thanks for inviting me in today.
31:48
Ye're welcome. Now they're Martin. Last time you were in a studio,
31:52
you and your friend Craig Smith. We're just about to run the London Marathon.
31:56
And what was that six seven years a seven years ago? Yeah,
32:00
yeah, dear, so what so what you're up to this time? So
32:04
this Sunday, I'm running the London Landmarks half marathon. Half marathon sounds a
32:08
bit more doable, Yes, I think it is. Yeah, okay,
32:12
And so the London Landmarks sounds quite impressive. If you're a foreign tourist or
32:19
you're on holiday, this must be quite quite a course. What sort of
32:22
course is it? Yeah? I think obviously it's a bit of an easier
32:27
course to the London Marathon. But they you start kind of along the mall,
32:32
running through the city up the strand there's a lot of iconic landmarks.
32:38
You've got your likes of Big Ben London, Eye, Sarah London, all
32:44
the way through Trafagar Square, Nelson's column. So yes, there's a lot.
32:47
That's why. Obviously it's called the Landmarks. Yes, and what a
32:52
great And I say, if anybody's come from abroad and wants they just see
32:54
London, then run around it. Yeah, just sign up and fine.
32:59
Okay. So now last time you were you were raising money for a charity,
33:05
and you're doing the same, So tell us about the charity and what
33:08
are you're raising money for. So I'm running raising money for the Evelena Children's
33:13
Hospital. So it's got a little fact on them about who and how it
33:17
when it when they started. So they were founded in eighteen sixty nine by
33:22
by an Austrian baron called Ferdinand's the Rothschild, and he named the hospital after
33:30
after his wife Evelina, who sadly passed away in childbirth like three years before.
33:37
Okay, so that's where the kind of the history of the hospital comes
33:40
from. That's a good little story actually, because some of these names they
33:44
could roll off the tongue. You know, Evelina. We all know it's
33:47
children's hospital, but up until today I never knew you know what the history
33:52
of it was. So that's opened my eyes a little bit. But you've
33:55
got a little story your involvement back in the day when you did to London,
34:00
you was heavily involved with the hospital interns recap of what happened in those
34:06
days. Yes. So my son Cameron's now twenty two. He had a
34:10
kidney transplant February twenty fifteen. His mum Tanya, she was the donor.
34:17
Sure, yes, I remember now, yes, yeah, and yeah.
34:22
So it's just like a it was a tough time, you know what I
34:27
mean, going through it all for everybody, the family. But obviously now
34:32
he's come through. He's what nine years post transplant and he's a fully adult
34:40
now, he's twenty two years old. Thing now, Yeah, he's doing
34:44
his own thing. He's a barber in Folkeston. Yeah. So one of
34:49
the things he did say so it's the shops called man Cave, Foston.
34:53
So he's been doing that now for over a year. I really enjoying it.
35:00
So, but yeah, it was the hospital are great. Yeah,
35:04
the support they give the families. Yea, when when we was up there,
35:07
Tanua went back up after the operation and they you stand a lot in
35:13
the ronin McDonald house. You make a you make a small donation for the
35:17
key, and that's where you kind of live. Because it was traveling back
35:23
daily for blood tests and making sure it was okay, et cetera. And
35:29
that was for about two three months at the beginning, and then after that
35:34
was managed to it was home instead had to kind of travel up every every
35:38
three days three days, yeah, yeah, just to make sure everything was
35:44
everything was all right and there was no signs of kind of rejection and stuff
35:47
like that. So but yeah, there there were a specialist hospital, there's
35:52
the there's wards for kidneys, there's wards for hearts, lungs. So every
35:58
floor has a as it's specific kind of So when Tanya was up there,
36:02
you says Evelena Children's Hospital, Was she actually in the hospital, So she
36:06
was in Guys Guys right, No, was she in Guys? Yes,
36:08
she was in Guys and that's probably ten to fifteen minutes away. So the
36:15
first when we was up there, Tanya was in that hospital they would the
36:19
operation would take that would be there to remove her kidney and then gets transported
36:23
over to Evelena and then obviously given to Cam. Yeah, so it was
36:30
kind of I was there, Tanya went down and then went over to cam
36:36
Cam then went down. That must have been. Yeah, yeah, so
36:40
frustrated, you know, so worrying for you know, yeah, two of
36:44
your family in the hospital. Different and support from friend's family. Tanner's mum
36:49
she was, she was there as well. Just a lot holding the fort
36:52
really because I've got two other little children as well, so at the time.
36:58
But yeah, you get through it from support with everybody around. But
37:02
glad to say, now he's twenty two and he's doing it and does he
37:05
still have to have check ups or yes, even attends Canterbury now, so
37:08
he's moved from Evelina. Yeah, so they've got a unit at Canterbury where
37:13
he goes every two to three months just to make sure that his levels are
37:16
good and yeah and bits like that. So genus medication for his life.
37:21
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh well with surprise worth paying, isn't
37:23
it Canterbury and then here. And it's one of the things that where when
37:29
you have a transplant, it's not a cure, no, it's kind of
37:31
it's you they need the transplant to help. And that's what the message to
37:37
get across to people that it's not just a cure kind of it's an ongoing
37:42
you know what I mean, be monitored for Yeah, yeah, okay.
37:45
Now, back in the day when you and Craig run the London the Marathon.
37:51
Sorry, how much did you raise any in that time? Ran,
37:53
I think it was about seven thousand, was it? Yeah? Yeah,
37:57
so we had to raise two and a half thousand each. Yeah, but
38:00
yeah, we've managed to go a bit over that, yeah, which is
38:04
nice, fantastic. Okay, Well, we're going to come back. We're
38:07
going to play a bit of music. Now, we're going to come back
38:08
because we're going to speak about you now, how your train is going and
38:13
the logistics of getting up to London when there's rail strikes on or warbly rails
38:17
are broken and rail bus replacement buses and stuff like that. So don't go
38:22
away body, Blondie and call me. Okay, So we're back in the
38:45
studio. We're joined by Martin and Martin I'm a bit curious to that all
38:51
the money that you raised over eight thousand pounds last time, does that go
38:55
into a big pot or is there like a project that you can you know,
39:00
say it was wanted to go towards this particular project. Yeah. So
39:05
originally, yes, it would have would have gone into a kind of the
39:08
big Evelyna Fund, but I managed to find out that we could actually redirect
39:13
it to a certain unit. So what I managed to do is speak to
39:17
Cam's consultant and I could have I added a code that goes on in the
39:22
background to my just Giving page which redirects it straight into the Transplant Fund.
39:28
Okay, so she kind of keeps an eye on what comes in and then
39:32
how they can use it. And one of the main things that we that
39:37
is used for is the children of you. There's something called the Transplant Games,
39:44
and it just goes toward There's a massive cost, it can be anything.
39:47
It can be up to about sixty thousand pounds just to put the event
39:51
on and for the kids to go. So any kind of funding that raising
39:55
that I've done always adds the code to my just given pays it goes directly
40:00
to that because sometimes it could get lost. That's right, Yeah, idea
40:04
they might only get ten percent of what we raise. Yeah, so yeah,
40:07
that's and Cam was part of the Transplant Games as well. He entered
40:12
so I remember that. Yes, yeah, he did it for a number
40:15
of years, didn't it, Yeah, about five years and come away.
40:17
I think he ended up being about ten ten medals. I think he won.
40:22
There's the competition ball throw that he won five years on the bounce,
40:27
Yeah, gold every time. So but yeah, that's that's really kind of
40:30
it's good that you can redirect it into certain to do certain things right.
40:35
And now you briefly mentioned and I ever had people in here before talk about
40:38
Ronald McDonald houses. So you stayed in one of those, did you?
40:42
So just explain him because I think this goes under the radar a bit.
40:45
Ronald Donald's so good. Yeah. So it's like a home from home,
40:52
and when you've got families with children in the hospitals, it's like a big
41:00
kind of hotel if you like a lot of rooms and you kind of pay
41:05
a deposit for a key to a room and there's no set time, so
41:09
you could be there for two months, three months. And this is right
41:14
close by the yea, it's about yeah, about ten fifteen minutes from the
41:16
hospital, and they put on bus travel between the house and the hospital.
41:22
But you can imagine the cost if you didn't have that hosy, if you
41:28
had to stay, if you stay there a couple of weeks in there,
41:30
every day out. Yeah and yeah, and the traveling Court, so yeah,
41:32
and I think it does go a little bit under the radar of how
41:36
that the Ronald McDonald will help out the family so much. That is a
41:40
massive, massive help. It's a huge worry taken off for appearance sholders,
41:45
isn't it. Definitely? Okay, So let's let's just switch back to the
41:49
London Landmarks. And now you've completed a marathon. But did you think I'll
41:54
hang my trainers up after that and never want to run again? But now
41:57
you're back doing a half? How's the training been going? And that's going
42:00
really well. Started mid November. Had to lose a little bit of wait
42:02
first, so yeah, started November and finish my final run yesterday, fine
42:09
or five k yesterday, so nice, easy couple of days now. But
42:14
yeah, I've got up to run up to eighteen eighteen k about ten days
42:19
ago. So but yeah, it was tough because it wasn't the nicest of
42:23
miserable. It has been miserable wind and rain, so it's quite tough to
42:30
motivate yourself. But when you're running for a charity like I am, Evelyna,
42:34
it's keep you going. It does keep you going. You can just
42:36
look down at your vest and kind of get through that right then moments.
42:39
Yeah, and it must be with the experience of one marathon under your bill.
42:47
I won't say it's going to be easy, but you know what to
42:50
expect, don't you. And it's not so much pressure put onto you.
42:52
Yeah, I think half is easily a doable distance for probably a lot of
42:58
people. But yeah, I think knowing it's only thirteen point one miles rather
43:04
than twenty six point two is a big is a big thing. Yeah.
43:07
So but yeah, there's you're trying not to put too much pressure on yourself,
43:10
but on the other end, you're running for the chair and you want
43:14
to complete it. Yeah course, yeah, yeah, And are you collecting
43:19
money this time as well? Got yeah, So when you do for the
43:22
half marathon, the target's only three hundred and fifty pound, which is reasonable.
43:27
Yea, So today I've managed to kind of nearly double it. So
43:30
I'm up to six hundred and fifteen so far, which is which is really
43:34
good. Will this go into that? Is that fun? Still going straight
43:37
into the project to the projects for the transplant Games. This year, which
43:42
it's in Nottingham this year. So yeah, everything like I said, I've
43:46
done, I'll keep that code added to the to the page so I know
43:50
where it kind of goes. And Cam's been involved in that, the family
43:54
has been involved in it, so I just think it's right. Yeah,
43:58
keep going to keep to help them through. Yah, because like I say,
44:00
there's a a big cost. Yeah, you're so right there and so
44:06
sixteen thousand people. I mean there's a few issues with the trains at the
44:09
moment because they've got some damage lines. But tell us the logistics how you're
44:14
getting up there. So starting at Folkston West probably about eight thirty Sunday morning.
44:20
Replacement bus is the first leg of the journey. But luckily it's only
44:23
to Ashford, So get up to Ashford, then on the fast train straight
44:28
through to St Pancras and then I think it's a free stop on the underground
44:34
to Green Park. So hopefully up there within an hour and a half.
44:37
Yeah, family coming up with you. Yes, Yeah, they'll be getting
44:39
the truck probably the later train after me, will they be. They'll be
44:44
on the route somewhere. You'll be looking at my Dad's planned a little route
44:46
and he's open to see me. I think three places. So yeah.
44:52
So Tanny is coming up with the kids as well, so good day around
44:58
then. Yeah, so it doesn't rain, Yeah, it's done look too
45:00
bad at the weekend actually, So right to Martin, I thank you so
45:06
much for coming in now. Is there anything else you want to add to
45:07
this or are we just going to wind it up there and give out the
45:10
just giving page just to cut the thank you? Yes, so obviously,
45:15
I just want to thank everybody who's donated so far, the hospital, the
45:20
staff at the hospital have been great, from right at the beginning or the
45:24
up to now going into Canterbury. Friends, family, everyone who's supported me
45:30
along the way, and Craig when we've done the marathon, and the wife
45:36
Tanya as well, she's like the backbone brilliant so she supports me through the
45:40
training me coming in so yeah, yeah, we've all been there. Yeah.
45:49
I just want to wish you the best and it's nice that we've found
45:52
out now a bit more about the history of Evelina and a little bit more
45:57
about the great work that to Ronald McDonald houses do, which is so they're
46:02
kind of two a link together. It's so important to keep this going and
46:07
keep the word of mouth out there. And just well done to you for
46:10
raising all that money and sending it in a direct project that you can still
46:14
be involved with. So good luck for Sunday Thanksgiving. Cheers all of those
46:30
there from nineteen eighty one and I can't go for that, okay, Well,
46:34
of course we've got this really pack shown now today, so let's go
46:37
out one hundred miles an hour and head off for the football Easter. There
46:40
is always a busy time for local senior football, so let's go over our
46:44
team's results. Folks in Victor played two games with mixed success. Good Friday
46:49
they beat Lewis three to one with two goals from Tom Derry and one from
46:52
Sados and Ogo. That was in front of six hundred and fifty two spectators.
46:57
Then on Easter Monday, in front of a crowd of twice that side,
47:00
which was one thy seven hundred and nineteen to be exact, they were
47:04
away at haste things but they lost two to one, conceding a goal in
47:07
the first minute and in the thirty seventh minute. They pulled one back just
47:10
before halftime to make it to one at the break. But that's how it
47:14
stayed until the final whistle. This sees them in sixteenth place, fifteen points
47:19
above the relegation zone with forty five points. The bottom three a Margate thirty
47:23
points, Harringay Burrow twenty four points and Kingstonian twenty one points, all with
47:29
five games to play this Saturday season at home to Horsham, who are currently
47:34
in fifth place and would definitely be going for it as they are trying to
47:37
hang on to that last playoff place. Higtown had a miserable weekend, losing
47:42
both their Easter games. They lost one nil to Mursdam at home on Saturday,
47:45
conceding a goal in the third minute from a corner and they couldn't find
47:49
their way back into the game. Then on Monday they traveled away to Sheppey
47:52
and lost free nil in front of nine hundred and sixteen spectators. This leaves
47:58
High in twelfth place, so they quite come with seven games left, but
48:00
the chance of a playoff place is now almost impossible. The club's misery was
48:06
compounded when manager Steve Watt announced that he will be standing down at the end
48:09
of the season. On Saturday, they'll be playing for Pride as they travel
48:14
away to bottom side Beckenham who've beat them to to one just a couple of
48:17
weeks ago. So Hawkins Town now they won't be very happy with their Easter
48:22
weekend score lines, as they lost one nill way to Birmsea Town on Saturday,
48:27
then drew two all with Minster at home on Monday. This means there
48:30
are now three points behind top of the table hauls AFC, who still have
48:35
that game in hand. Hawkins of just two games left and they now must
48:39
win games in the hope that Hawls lose at least twice, and even if
48:44
that did happen, they'd still be down to goal difference. So it just
48:46
goes to show that when you draw a couple of games early on in the
48:50
year or sort of over Christmas or whatever, the games that you should have
48:54
won, it just shows you how important those dropped points can be at the
48:59
end of the season. Radio, so a let's crack on and time for
49:01
a bit of music from Marvin Gay. Got to give it up Marvin Gay
49:21
there from nineteen seventy seven. Now we've got another guest. Was just like
49:25
a treadmill here today running treadmill. We've got guests popping in all over the
49:30
place. So welcome to the show, Lisa. Hello, Lisa, how
49:32
are you hi there, Kevin, I'm good, thank you? Yeah,
49:35
good, excellent. Now, Lisa, you're also running in the London Landmarks
49:39
half Marathon, but your story is very different to Martin's. Tell us a
49:44
little bit about yourself and your running background. Yeah, so I've been a
49:47
member of folks Are Running Club, had a bit of a gap to be
49:52
fair, few years ago, was running a bit more than than I am
49:57
now, had some issue mental health issues which led to addiction issues as well,
50:04
so running went totally out the window. Most things went out the window
50:07
at that time, just to concentrate on, you know, trying to get
50:12
well again. Really, and it's been quite a recent I'm very much somebody.
50:17
If I signed up for something, then it obviously gives me the motivation
50:21
to get back out and doing something good again, which obviously helps me mentally,
50:27
physically every which way. Really, So that's what happened with the Landmarks
50:36
And obviously I've had a lot of support over the last few years and chose
50:40
to raise some money for the Forward Trust, who are the alcohol and substance
50:45
misuse service in these kent Okay. So that downtime. How long was the
50:53
downtime? How long were you if you struggling on five, five or six
51:00
years? Was it really yeah? Yeah, so that was a tough time.
51:06
So what was the turning point? Was it linking up with the Forward
51:10
Trust? I think I think there's been a lot of yeah, a lot
51:14
of support. I think there's been aspects. So the Forward Trust is one
51:19
element, mental health teams and other element and had support with other areas.
51:23
So it's been a bit of a bit of a complex situation and I think
51:29
it's it's a really good point is that it's very difficult to address one thing
51:34
without the other. So if you've got a multitude of issues, focusing on
51:38
one won't necessarily solve it. So it's a bit of our I think I
51:44
feel very strongly that it's a combined approach. Okay, yeah, it needs
51:47
addressing. So it sounds a very complicated time for you, but obviously you're
51:52
sitting here today and some things never go away, but you learn to control
51:55
them. So did the running help? So the definitely helps. But it's
52:01
a very difficult situation. You know, those kind of things help you,
52:04
but sometimes when you're in a real mental decline. It's very hard to get
52:08
out and do those simple things which help you hugely. But it's been really
52:14
really helpful to get back into it, having some you know, a target
52:17
at the end. And I've also I'm going to sign up for a few
52:22
more runs, which will make me continue because it'll be easy for me just
52:24
to say, right, I've done that now and then you know, hang
52:28
up with trainers again, right okay. And the running community, I mean
52:32
I was, I was a runner for many many years until my poor old
52:37
need told me I couldn't run anymore. But they are a great community,
52:40
aren't that very supportive? Yeah, indeed, And I think I'm a member
52:45
of Folks and Running Club. I've never been, you know, high flyer
52:47
with the running. Never think it's never been something that comes very easily to
52:52
me. It's always pretty much, you know, it's always a challenge,
52:57
but there's all different levels, and you know, there's there's lots of people.
53:01
Everybody's supportive and you know, whenever you're out on a run you always
53:05
say hello to others and it is quite a social thing as well. Obviously
53:09
I've had quite a lot of support from the coach at Folks and Running Club
53:14
Catherine who does the Top she's top coach to Yeah as well. She she's
53:20
helped me. And I'm running it slightly differently as in I'm doing something called
53:23
jeffing Yeah, which to those that don't know, is basically it's it's sort
53:30
of like intervals for the whole ring, but it's walking and running. So
53:35
I think for me that the focus is on getting out and doing it rather
53:38
than doing it in a specific time or you know, I just want to
53:43
do it, have some fun, you know, get to the get to
53:45
the finishing line, and obviously raise of money. Well that's right. I
53:49
mean the the actual the race that you're doing. It's not like a slog
53:53
you know. I've got a little list of the landmarks that I head for
53:59
having a chair with Martin and you're running past Big Ben and Paul's, Nelson's
54:02
Columnia. You can always just like have a little look and you know,
54:07
take in all the sites. And when I did the London Marathon, that
54:10
was one thing that I did do. Unfortunately, I was just coming back
54:13
for an injury, so I wasn't like yourself. I did a bit of
54:16
walk running, but it was the best day I ever had. Stopped to
54:20
listen to a bit of music, you know, and it just took your
54:22
mind off everything. It just you know, really soaks it up and enjoyed
54:25
the day. Okay, so we're going to talk to music. We're going
54:28
to play a bit of music now, but we're going to come back to
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You're going to tell us what the next few stages in your life. You're
54:35
going to start telling us about how you're going to give something back? Is
54:37
that right? Indeed? Yes? Good? Imagine me you do in nineteen
54:54
sixty seven, there the turtles happy together. Okay, so we're back in
54:59
the studio, Lisa and Lisa. You mentioned something that I picked up on
55:06
and I'd like to know a little bit more about the Forward trust were they?
55:09
Yeah? So the Forward Trusts are the Alcohol and Substance Misuse Service in
55:16
they're in different parts of Cancers and that there's another organization called CGL which does
55:22
the similar thing in the other parts of Kent. But basically they support people
55:27
with the issues. Families have various groups available provide detoxification and rehab. I
55:37
attended a thirteen week rehab program, which is a structured program done face to
55:42
face over thirteen weeks Monday to Friday, so it gives you structure and obviously
55:47
there's certain elements and you know, lots of key working and one to one
55:52
group work, therapy, lots, yeah, lots of different elements to you
55:59
know, educate and help people to get into recovery and maintain recovery, which
56:07
is probably the ongoing. The ongoing part is difficult. It's easy initially to
56:15
put something down and focus on the you know, when you're getting all the
56:21
support, but it's after that, so you have the initial support and then
56:23
you're left obviously to try and manage your way through it. Ongoing right,
56:29
Okay, So I mean it sounds like you're going to be a pretty dark
56:31
place, but the very fact you're sitting here and talking about it, it's
56:36
proved that you've come out of it. So's what's does the future hold for
56:42
you at the moment. Then, bizarrely, it's it's quite exciting in the
56:45
sense of I'm involved in a new organization which is being facilitated by the Forward
56:52
Trust called RAW, which is Reach Out and Recover so RAW and in REACH
57:02
which is a lived experience recovery organization. So it's all volunteers and we are
57:10
using our lived experience basically to help others. We're doing various things. It's
57:17
a Kent it's a Kent based organization. We've only recently, literally at the
57:23
beginning of this month, had our launch. But you say, you say
57:28
it had our launch, so you're you're actively involved in it now. Absolutely.
57:32
I'm a volunteer. I chair the committee for Raw which it's sort of
57:39
the way I see it is that it complements the services as in the Ford
57:44
Trust that's already there. We do more. We're looking to probably do more
57:49
of the the day to day bits around supporting people ongoing, so providing i
57:54
don't know, groups, social events, some fitness help and support just the
58:00
ongoing part of that, and fill the gaps really after and just support people
58:05
generally. I mean, the good thing about the organization is that it's shaped
58:09
purely by the needs of the individuals, so we don't have, you know,
58:14
set targets or anything like that. We literally do what we're asked to
58:19
do within reason obviously. Yeah. Yeah, So the people that come along,
58:23
can you kind of now you're on the other side of the fence,
58:27
can you see similar likenesses to those people that in the sort of place you
58:30
were in. Absolutely, and you know, I've learned so much from being
58:37
in a situation that I would never have foreseen. The addiction is very much
58:45
you know, there's going to be other things involved in it. You don't
58:47
just wake up one morning and decide, right, I'm going to become an
58:51
alcoholic or just you know, use something to access that. Really it's around
58:57
you know, you're trying to change the way you feel and that you know,
59:00
addiction covers a multitude of areas, you know, with people being homeless
59:06
and not having employment, criminal justice areas as well regarding you know, losing
59:12
jobs, you know, getting in trouble with the police. You know,
59:15
it really does cross a lot of you know, other areas, and it's
59:22
it's I think what I've learned is it's it's a person as a whole.
59:25
And I mentioned this earlier. It's like we have you have to look at
59:29
everything because there's things that impact overall, which generally, you know, which
59:36
obviously contributes to why people self medicate and try and you know, take things
59:40
into their own hands. And it's not it's not as if it just affects
59:44
the person as an individual. It's all the loved ones around them, isn't
59:46
it that you know, probably saying I'll snap out of it, but they
59:51
don't understand. Yeah, I think it's hard for people to understand. But
59:53
I think it's also hard for them to see somebody that they love or care
59:58
about, you know, doing that kind of thing to themselves and not knowing
1:00:05
how to help them, I think is a key part of that. And
1:00:08
I think also with raw we're very focused on offering support for families and friends
1:00:14
as well, because that's a massive part of it, you know. And
1:00:19
the the switching back to the running on Sunday? Are you running for the
1:00:24
charity for Forward Trust? So, yes, I am running for the Forward
1:00:28
Trust, and yeah, with three other people from the Forward Trust as well.
1:00:34
So there's four of us. We've all been through you know, A
1:00:37
couple of them work for Forward Trust now actually all the others work for them,
1:00:42
and we've all been through similar issues and that's something actually really important.
1:00:45
The Forward Trust employ a lot of people that have had simile issues because it's
1:00:51
quite a unique area. And then obviously the lived experience is very helpful when
1:00:55
you're helping others. Okay, so how you looking forward to this to the
1:01:00
run is it kind of something that you think you've just got to put yourself
1:01:02
through or are you really looking forward to it and enjoy it. Well,
1:01:06
surprisingly, I'm actually really looking forward to it. Yeah. I had the
1:01:09
last training run well on Monday, and I didn't want to because I'm getting
1:01:15
older. I get a lot of aches and pains these days, so I'm
1:01:21
yeah, I just didn't want to do too much. I'm just ready to
1:01:23
get started on Sunday. Now. I think there's been quite a lot of
1:01:25
build up to it. I don't feel any pressure. It's just a case
1:01:29
of actually having a little walk around London looking at the sites, raising some
1:01:32
money and hopefully it's going to be you. And have you worked out how
1:01:37
you're getting up there because there are a few rail issues As for my ible
1:01:40
saying yeah, luckily though, I'm already in Ashford, so the trains are
1:01:44
okay from Ashford, so I am just getting the train up there, and
1:01:47
just yeah, brilliant. Now you say that there's there's four of you,
1:01:53
will you be running together or you're just going to kind of do your own
1:01:55
thing and see you at the finish. We're all going to start together.
1:02:00
So we did all get different waves but we're all going to start together.
1:02:02
I think I'm not sure. I think it's a case of see how it
1:02:07
pans out. And it's quite difficult to run together, to be honest,
1:02:09
when you say I'll meet you at sign and so when there's like sixteen thousand
1:02:14
people, it's very little chance that you're going to see him anyway. And
1:02:16
I've got a plan, I'm jeffing, So jeffing is set, you know,
1:02:21
like run walk for a certain amount of time, and obviously they are
1:02:24
not doing that, So okay that at least so before we wind it up.
1:02:29
Is there anything else you want to add? What I would like to
1:02:31
add, I would just like to say a little bit more about obviously RAW
1:02:35
as an organization, it is all volunteer based. We are obviously donations are
1:02:43
always good. We have our website up and runnings if anyone's interested in,
1:02:46
you know, offering anything. Really, we do a bit of work with
1:02:50
the Rainbow Center already, so like utilizing and utilizing space that's already out there
1:02:55
and just you know, were there to support. We were doing quite a
1:03:00
lot of stuff in the background as well around trying to change things experience wise
1:03:06
where we've I don't know, someone may have had a hospital experience of A
1:03:08
and E and you know, actually it wasn't too good, or you know,
1:03:12
maybe it would be good if this was done, that kind of thing.
1:03:15
And we've got a lot of stakeholder input as well, and we're able
1:03:17
to feed that information back as well. So we've got a website. It's
1:03:22
just Rawkent dot com. That's raw as in R A R yeah yeah,
1:03:28
R okay, And if you want to get in touch with us that there
1:03:30
is a place to do so on there. And are you raising money for
1:03:34
the charity? So I'm raising money for Forward on this occasion, Trust,
1:03:37
but the Forward are facilitating obviously the organization, the new organization, so yeah,
1:03:44
in the future it will be for them. Yeah. Yeah. Well,
1:03:46
I mean I think it's been London Landmarks day to day and it's been
1:03:52
a great morning revenue. Both in and here are two totally different stories.
1:03:55
And I've got to congratulate you, Lisa for talking to us so openly about
1:04:02
your problem, but also you know, for having a strength to get back
1:04:06
out there and give something back that's really important, something that doesn't always happen.
1:04:12
You know, you've got to just give him page or just give HI,
1:04:16
don't know what it is, okay, if if we, I've got
1:04:20
to put Martin's just giving page on my Facebook page and we do the same
1:04:26
for yours. So just thank you so much for coming in. Lisa and
1:04:30
I wish all the best and for the run, and you must keep us
1:04:33
informed of how all your future projects are going. Thank you very much.
1:04:38
Thank you. Well, that's the end of this week's show. Has been
1:04:50
an awesome show and I want to thank Lisa, Martin, Tim and Dexter
1:04:57
for coming in.