Cystic Fibrosis - Thank you

[Liz G]

Hi everyone

Thank you to all of you who have sponsored me and Kev for a series of challenges we have been doing to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis charities.
Our third challenge is done! The Whitehaven to Sunderland C3C. 140 miles over 2 days. A total of 13.5 hours on a bike saddle, Ouch. We did have some rain and a lot of wind, but not as much you guys on Sunday it sounds like.

The photos are up through the following link (you can't miss me really):
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/climbwithliz/C2C?authkey=Gv1sRgCPjPurjI7LSyCA&feat=directlink

Up NEXT: Nottingham Half Marathon on 12 September. Time to dust off the trainers and pack away the wheels.

... Thank you again to all who have sponsored me, I'm still collecting, but so far we've raised £756 which has gone to the Georgia White Foundation and the Chloe Cotton Trust http://www.chloecottontrustfund.co.uk and £420 through the justgiving site http://www.justgiving.com/Liz-Grabham which has gone to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

Thank you very much for all your support.

Liz and Kev

My little cousin Georgia passed away before Christmas as some of you know and I'm joining other family members in raising money for Cystic Fibrosis* in her memory.

*What is Cystic Fibrosis?
* Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is one of the UK's most common life-threatening inherited diseases.
* Cystic Fibrosis affects over 8,500 people in the UK.
* Over two million people in the UK carry the faulty gene that causes Cystic Fibrosis - around 1 in 25 of the population.
* If two carriers have a child, the baby has a 1 in 4 chance of having Cystic Fibrosis.
* Cystic Fibrosis affects the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, by clogging them with thick sticky mucus. This
makes it hard to breathe and digest food.
* Each week, five babies are born with Cystic Fibrosis.
* Each week, three young lives are lost to Cystic Fibrosis.
* Around half of the CF population can expect to live over 38 years,
although improvements in treatments mean a baby born today could expect
to live even longer.