Piotr Woloszyn

First 10km done, 21km to go.

Last Sunday I took part in a Nike project: The Human Race which was aiming to get million people worldwide to run 10km. Here in London the race started at the Wembley Stadium and the finish line was located on the Olympic Way next to the stadium. I have to honestly say that despite a heavy rain before and during the race it was really good fun! Pretty amazing feeling to take part of such a big run starting at the pitch of famous Wembley and to run along with Paula Radcliffe. Me and my girlfriend managed to finish in 01h 01min 53sec (6.43sec/km - 2.5km, 6.16sec/km - 5km, 5.48sec/km - 7.5km, 5.58sec/km - 10km). London managed to get 2nd fastest average time of all the cities taking part in the race with result 57min 47sec, just 1min 13sec more that Madrid. Well done to everyone! Here are some photos from the day.

I wanted to apologize to everyone who had a wrong impression that I will run a single 31km run for the Starfish charity. I believed I made this clear but probably not. So… I was planning to run Nike race (10km) and then a half marathon (21mk). I am really doing my best! :)

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It’s been a bit quiet recently on my blog as I was busy with my new job but mainly because I was preparing to couple of runs which I was planning for long time. Tomorrow, on August 31, 2008 I will be running 10km as part of The Human Race. On October 12, 2008, I will be running The Royal Parks Half Marathon as a member of The Starfish Greathearts Foundation, a development charity, aiming to bring life, hope and opportunity to children in South Africa, who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS.

I usually don’t do that but this time I would like to ask you for your financial support and I am inviting you to join me in this effort to help improve the lives of children by raising £500 for The Starfish Charity.

I set up a fund raising site on Justgiving which makes donating quick, easy and totally secure. I put also a widget on the right side of this blog so you can see the fundrising progress. I will be posting updates on my training and results as always to my Twitter and Flickr streams.

I am really nervous if I can raise so much as it is my first such effort. However I know that I can count on you!

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