Humphrey

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Name: Humprey
Date registered: November 11, 2010

Biography

Marathon Running Camel! Born to entertain, destined to Run.

Latest posts

  1. London Marathon 2012 — April 23, 2012
  2. Street Collection in Reading — April 18, 2012
  3. Reading Half Marathon 2012 — April 1, 2012
  4. Pancake Races for WaterAid on Shrove Tuesday — February 22, 2012
  5. Fans and Photos with Humphrey (Hyde Park) — February 22, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. Camel at the top of Cribyn, WaterAid Corbett Challenge — 2 comments
  2. Now its time for bed… — 1 comment

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Apr
19

London Marathon 2011

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On Sunday the 17th April 2011 I ran my 15th London Marathon for WaterAid. I lined up at the back of the Red start in pen 9 with my friends the Rhino’s, a Lion, and a whole herd of Humans. The air was thick with nervous energy. My Sheik Mustafa (Ant Tyler) ran alongside to …

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Apr
12

Moved by Generosity

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Am touched and moved by the generosity of the Great British public. To see the sponsorship coming in is really amazing and special (am up to £750 now) Lauren a New Zealander who I have not met before donated £50 to WaterAid today. Thank you all for the support and encouragement, it really keeps this …

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Mar
28

Reading Half Marathon 2011

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Sorry for the late race report (my padded feet get stuck in the keyboard sometimes and I get writers block). I completed this years Reading Half Marathon in a time of 02:06:16. I was pretty pleased with my pretty consistent split times: 5K – 00:30:11 10K – 00:59:03 15K – 01:30:45 20K – 02:00:12 I …

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Mar
11

Goring 10K – 2011

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I got a chance to test my legs this weekend at the Goring 10K. It was a chilly but sunny day, and there was the usual friendly village feel, with about 1000 runners (mostly human). I really enjoy this race, I think it was my 6th race and I’ll always come back for more. Felt …

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Jan
23

Humphrey in Bangladesh

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Patrakhola, Bangladesh

Have not quite managed to visit WaterAid’s work in Bangladesh, but I am very much there in spirit. Above is a photo taken by Mark Wickstead on the recent WaterAid supporters trip to Bangladesh. Mark took along pictures of his family and Humphrey to the village to explain a bit about his life and what …

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Nov
25

New York Marathon 2011

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Looking at the photos from the 2010 New York Marathon and I thought how about it? I spotted a few of my good friends the Rhino’s giving it a go, so why not a Camel. I have done 14 London Marathons and its about time I gave the New York  Marathon a shot. Mustafa my …

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Nov
21

WaterAid Coast Along 2010

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On Saturday 11 September the WaterAid Coast Along took place, it aimed to get at least one team walking on all 187 coastal paths in selected regions throughout Scotland, England and Wales ! Humphrey and his team of intrepid walkers all did their bit by walking TWO stretches of the South West Coast Path walking …

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Nov
21

Camel meets Cow

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The fresh air of Devon calls (from Coast Along 2007)

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Nov
19

World Toilet Day

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Its world toilet day today. 2.6 billion people do not have somewhere safe, private or hygienic to go to the toilet http://www.wateraid.org/uk/get_involved/world_toilet_day/default.asp

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Nov
19

Camel running wild and free in the Brecon Beacons

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Ah good memories of mountain top experiences. Taken one sunny day in the Welsh hills on the Corbett Challenge 2007.

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