Big News! - The 5k a day Challenge is off to see the FA at St Georges Park!

I can reveal that on Monday 2nd June 2014 i will be taking the 5k a day challenge to The Football Associations St Georges Park!

 

The lovely people at the Nottinghamshire FA have stepped up to help publicise the challenge, They have arranged this event. Thank you to Craig Lee and Jamie Thompson for their great efforts.

Below is the press release by them.

As part of Andy Wallis’s ‘5k a day for a year’ challenge in aid of Nottinghamshire Hospice he will be completing his 5k run on Monday 2^nd June at St George’s Park in Staffordshire, the home of English Football!

Andy is supporting a leadership event for The Nottinghamshire FA, taking images of the session, in return The Nottinghamshire FA and The FA will support Andy in completing his daily run.

Marc Birkett, Nottinghamshire FA Referee Development Officer, and Jenny Morley, The FA’s Senior Tutor Workforce Coordinator, will be taking up the challenge.

Marc recently made history becoming the only English official to officiate in the three major competitions Finals – The World Cup, The European Championships and the European Cup all in football’s smaller version, Futsal.  He has also participated in the world’s biggest mass participation sports events, completing the Marathons in Paris & Rome  “I’m really looking forward to supporting Andy, and helping to raise the profile of Notts Hospice and with the backdrop of the fantastic St George’s Park is the icing on the cake”.

Jenny is also keen to support the run “I’m a keen runner and so am really happy to be involved in such a good local cause. Andy’s commitment to running 5k a day for a year is a great effort, I’m sure all involved will bear that in mind when huffing and puffing round St George’s Park on Monday!”

Andy added "Having worked with The Nottinghamshire FA over the last few years, it’s fantastic to get their help and support with this challenge. Nottinghamshire Hospice is a charity that is close to my heart and the ‘5k a day for a year’ challenge was something I saw as a way I could do something to help them continue to support local people with a life limiting illness and their families. It turns out there are lots of great people out there willing to roll up their sleeves and get involved."

Craig Lee, Football Development Officer of the Nottinghamshire FA has helped to put on the event “We really want to help Andy met the £10k target, if we can help him promote his challenge then that is fantastic, we hope to raise awareness of the work of the Nottinghamshire Hospice at our Annual Awards Event in September, and showcase Andy’s challenge.  The next part of this will then be to arrange a second run with Andy after September where we look to complete a 5k run from one football club to another in Nottinghamshire and hopefully get the support of the two selected clubs.”

St George’s Park is a world-class facility set in 330 acres of countryside and is the home to all 24 national football teams.  It has 11 outdoor pitches including a replica of the Wembley surface, a full size indoor 3G pitch, an indoor Futsal sports hall and two onsite hotels.

You can follow Andy’s ‘5k a day for a year’ challenge on Twitter or read his blog and if you would like to, then please DONATE it would be greatly appreciated!