The Jane Tomlinson Appeal was established by the late Jane Tomlinson CBE to raise funds for children's and cancer charities.
2005
Events:
Great North Run, New York Marathon
The following was written to mark the Jane Tomlinson Appeal raising £2million:
"In January 2005 Jane and I were embarrassed to have a press conference announcing that we'd raised one million pounds, it seemed ludicrous, but we needed to say thank you to all those members of the public who had helped. We sat behind a simple desk flagged by boards showing how many miles Jane had swum, biked and run to raise that sum.
"There was a tear in both our eyes as we reflected on the memories. Towards the end of the interview a journalist asked, "So what's the next target?" "Two million," I said too quickly and glibly. It was out of mouth and stuck. As I moved away, another journalist came over, "So how are you two going to raise another million? It's taken you three years to get this far and, no offence, but your health has deteriorated Jane."
"Out of earshot Jane said smiling, "So Mike, two million; just how exactly is that going to happen? I'm not doing anything else."
"Nine months later, after not being able to train for seven month due to chemotherapy and a broken ankle Jane was on the start line of the New York marathon. The Ride Across America was already in the planning and initial discussions had begun with Leeds City Council regarding the 10K.
"Jane knew she would never live long enough to see the two million target achieved, but she knew it would happen."
Mike Tomlinson
Challenges
Jane's fundraising challenges included:
- 2002 - York Half Marathon, London Marathon, London Triathlon, Great North Run
- 2003 - York Half Marathon, John O'Groats to Lands End Bike Ride (1,300 miles), London Marathon, Salford Triathlon, London Triathlon, UK Half Ironman, Great North Run
- 2004 - York Half Marathon, London Marathon, Rome to Home Bike Ride (2,500 miles), Salford Triathlon, London Triathlon, Nice Long Distance Triathlon, Florida Ironman
- 2005 - Great North Run, New York Marathon
- 2006 - Ride Across America (3,800 miles)