Sponsors Required
Sports Equipment – Energy Nutritional Gels & Supplements or Support one of our 7 Charities
My name is Jason Smith, a 43 year old Sports enthusiast from Somerset that loves Challenges and Sporting Adventures. In the past 13 years I have been attempting Challenges and Adventures every year with an emphasis of enjoying life and the challenge ahead while learning many different things in the process. The Challenges have included the summit of mountains such as Kilimanjaro and Mont Blanc to trekking 150 miles across high altitude and setting a new British Record during a competition where I also won a car in the process. Most of my adventures also involve raising valuable funds for numerous charities, no work without play.
In May 2014 I am attempting to run 7 Marathons in 7 Days across Somerset, visiting the Cities Bristol, Bath and Taunton and taking in the coastline of Minehead, Burnham-on-Sea, Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon and Portishead. The final marathon involves a Challenge called The Mendip Challenge with over 500 participants and around 2,000 people attending an after event finish arranged by Weston Hospicecare themselves, perfect for a big finish. My website has recently been launched but still in progress due to the amount of completed challenges to write up, it also has a blog/news page which keeps visitors and Twitter/Facebook users up to date and valuable advice on experiences to recipes for nutritional power bars.
Over the next 8 weeks I will be writing to most large corporate sports companies and major brands to ask for advice and support for the cause, sponsorship in the form of the best equipment that will give the team the best chance to complete this challenge. I strongly believe something must be given in return and something that would benefit each major sponsor. During 2012 I made great contacts with Sky News following the awful avalanche that killed 9 fellow climbers, I can also confirm the media company Archant Media will be promoting the Challenge in all South West outlets which goes out to high numbers. The Team will be organising a visit to BBC Taunton and BBC Bristol radio stations and also ITV West TV Studios during one of the marathons to drop in and explain the challenge regarding all 7 charities. The Sponsors will also have a dedicated section to their requirements on the website and all photos showing the equipment.
There are 7 charities listed, one for each day and therefore I cannot fail such a huge challenge. My lifelong fitness and training has intensified and started again earlier this year and continued from the previous 9 months of workouts and running to summit Mont Blanc on 2nd June and currently I feel am on schedule.
I currently have a team of 4 other runners that were carefully selected who will run with me and also try to complete all 7 marathons. We are hoping to obtain sponsors for Trainers, Compression clothing, running socks, tracksuits, nutritional gels, sports drinks, timing devices and after care advice.
We have announced the charities via a voting competition on Facebook and they are: Motor Neurone Disease (MND) The RNLI, The South West Children’s Hospice, The Weston Hospicecare, The Lullaby Trust, The Alzheimer’s Association and MPS Mucopolysaccharide Society. Each Charity is as important as the other and I hope to raise as much with a network of supporters and fundraisers.
The website is http://jasonsmith.me.uk I have recently launched a Twitter account for the challenge and my username is @ChallengerWSM I also have other accounts from previous challenges such as @2012_MontBlanc which has ran for nearly 2 years. Our Facebook Event page is https://www.facebook.com/7Marathons7Days
I am available to meet with representatives at anytime and can travel to any UK location as I understand this is a serious commitment for any company to discuss things in more depth. If this Challenge proves to be as successful as we expect I would like to plan for The 7 Marathons in 7 days Challenge as an annual event.
Thank-you for taking the time to read my letter and I hope you and your company will be able to help and join me and the running team in making this 7 Marathons in 7 Days Challenge something extra special with the Professional support it needs, we will complete this Challenge and certainly not let you or any of our charities down.
We look forward to hearing from you or a representative soon.
Kind Regards
Jason Smith, Darren Abbotts, Rachel Smith, Leighton Smith & Gareth Starr
7 Marathons in 7 Days – The Ultimate Challenge
http://JasonSmith.me.uk
01934 516 784
07939 009 153
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