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Chantal Rafferty

TCS London Marathon 2025

Help me reach my goal of £2,300

My activity tracking

445
miles

My target 26 miles

Why I am fundraising for Parkinson's UK

My beloved dad, who passed away in 1998, had Parkinson's and suffered so much in the final months and year of his life. His name was Mr Edward Rafferty, affectionately known by Ted by all who knew him. He was a D-Day veteran, a lifelong Liverpool football club supporter and just an all round really nice bloke. I still miss him.

So this charity is close to my heart but not only because of my dad but also in relation to the many others I know with family members/partners/friends with this debilitating and progressive neurological condition.

Please help by sponsoring me with whatever you can. The money raised will help fund groundbreaking research and change the lives of the Parkinson's community. 

Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Chantal :-)

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£1,665 + £ 345 GiftAid

My Goal

£2,300

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My updates

My 50k ultra challenge - I did it!

Wednesday 20th Nov
A lot of you who know me well are aware that I like a challenge! So after the London Marathon, I went on to complete a Backyard Ultra challenge which involves running a 6.67km loop on the hour every hour until you drop! Anyway after really enjoying that (I managed 6 but aimed for 5 so I was very happy!) I decided to enter a 50k ultra which was on 9th November. Oh my goodness what a route!
We started off at Gloucester Quays and followed the Severn through endless fields of long grass, paths full of brambles and nettles, lots of mud to negotiate and what seemed like a hundred stiles to climb over, cows and sheep to say hello to on the way (maybe I was a bit delirious at that point!) and an angry farmer and the final straw was the bog to wade through! I thought I would be stuck there forever! The final 10k was on the canal towpath leading to Sharpness Docks which was nice and flat but by then my legs felt like lead. The ultimate challenge was the steep hill in the final 2k and another field of long wet grass. My joy at completing was, as you can imagine, immense! And my support crew, Gareth, was there with my warm clean clothes and a large packet of crisps :-)))
My next big race will be the London Marathon in April next year but being a slightly shorter flat route with no countryside to navigate I’m hoping that will feel ‘easier’ :-))

I'm doing it again!

Thursday 22nd Aug
I am so thrilled and excited (and nervous!) about being selected to run the London Marathon 2025! It'll be my second attempt at London so I am hoping for bigger and better things! Firstly in terms of my time: in 2024 I managed it in 4:40 - not bad but next year I'm really going to push myself to run it in 4 hours! Secondly: I'm going to give it my all in terms of fundraising and hopefully raise more than I did this year!

Thank you to my sponsors

£20

Glenys Spice

Good luck Chantal

£20

Margaret Threadgold

Good luck!

£20

Ned And Heather Holt

Yogathon: Ned and Heather 7am

£25

Laura Rawcliffe

Yogathon 9 am GO CHAN!!!

£20

Michael

Keep up the good work !!

£30

Stuart Calder

Go for it Chantal! Yogathon 0700 In Person Please!

£20

Helen Gentles

Have a great run Chantal!

£10

Nicole

£25

P Callaghan

Good luck Chantal

£20

Pauline Blackburn

Hello Chantal, good luck with the marathon and I am looking forward to attending a session of yoga with Rachel at the yogathon, Pauline x

£20

Heather Marlow

Good luck Chantal!

£75

Anonymous

£30

Elizabeth Floyer

Good luck Chantal

£10

Nicole

£10

Sarah Chandler

Good Luck Tilly xx proud of you xx

£30

Janis Eva

Looking forward to participating in the yogathon. Great idea and best wishes for your training leading up to the London marathon.

£30

David Pavey

Good luck (again!)

£10

Anonymous

£50

Sarah Ridley

Go Chan !! See you there 😁

£10

Pam Savell

Good luck Chantal. You can do it!

£75

Julian Turner

£10

Geoff Brookes

Best of luck and enjoy !

£20

Francesca Morgan

Good luck Fran

£50

Jane & Doug Jones

£10

Heather Ullyott

Good luck amiga ☺️

£20

Annie Knight-elliott

£10

Kathryn Price

May the force go with you Chantel! xx

£15

Anonymous

Good luck Chantel. Xx

£10

Angela Tomkins

Go for it Chantal. Such a cruel disease and good to know so much research is being done. Angela

£20

Donovan

£20

Nicola Goldsmith

Good luck with the training. Keep going! Nicola x

£10

John Mizon

£20

Diane Mautterer

Good luck, Chan! xx

£10

Katie Coleman

Go Chantal! x

£25

Anona Greening

Good luck Chantal with all the training- such a good cause and a wonderful way to honour your Dad.?

£30

Sunny Karadia

Good luck for a worthy cause.

£20

Ann Jones

£50

Marianne Kenley

Good Luck Chantal! Such a great cause to raise funds for. Your Dad would be so proud of you.

£20

Lynda Rowland

Very happy to support you, Chantal. Good luck!

£20

Pam & Libby

You can do it! AGAIN!

£50

Maurice Harbridge

£50

Philippa Dancey

Good luck Chantal! Excellent charity to support.

£20

Janette Gale

Very best wishes Chantal.

£30

David Pavey

Good luck - again!

£20

Christine S

Chantal, you are truly amazing !!! Good luck for all the training and the next London Marathon in 2025! :-) xxx

£10

Nicky Shepherd

Congrats on the ultra and good luck with London!

£15

Pat Youngson

Good luck!

£20

Sylvia Ellis

Great stuff - keep running

£20

Nat

Congratulations, such a fabulous achievement.

£10

David & Jenny Durnell

£50

Sally March

£20

Jane

Well done what an achievement!!

£30

P Callaghan

£30

Stuart Calder

Go for it Chantal!!

£10

Helen Norris

Fantastic achievement and for a great cause .well done

£20

Christina Mcdermid

£20

Jane Montellier

Go for it Chantal!

£20

Madeleine Mifflin

£20

Jessica Symons

Good luck! 🏃🏻‍♀️

£20

Clare C

Good luck!

£10

Debs

Good luck! x

£20

Janis Eva

Hope the training is going well and your knees are recovering.

£30

David

Good luck!

£20

Jill Gethin

Good luck again Chantal. Such a worthy cause in memory of your father and all the others

£20

Michael

Keep up the good work for a noble cause

£20

Anonymous

£10

Sophie Page

Best of luck Chantal! I am sure you will smash it once again. Well done on representing a worthy cause.

£50

Anneliese Stromeyer

Dear Chantal, It’s amazing that you do it a second time, all my very best, physical and mental strength. But the ultimate thing is that you do it out of love for your father. Xxx

£50

Chantal Rafferty