Sweetie, the marathon running hamster
How many places can Sweetie visit while she's running on her wheel at night ? Your participation will decide and can help to raise money for FIFE HEADWAY. Click on the "About" link in Column 4 to find out more.Archive for June, 2010
Sweetie’s Marathon – Day 47 – What a surprise presentation
Hello everybody 
Well everybody at Fife Headway got a surprise at their meeting last night 
As arranged, the guys from the Dalgety Bay Round Table turned up to make the official presentation of the cheque for all the money they had raised from the Edinburgh Marathon. It was really good for the members to get the chance to meet them all and to show their appreciation.
The surprise was the amount of the cheque…. £5,000 !! 
That is incredible guys ! Well done, and thank you so much.
Cheque Presentation
Daddy was going to update the Fife Headway website with all the news and pictures when he got home, but when he left the meeting he found his car had a puncture so by the time he got home it was a bit too late. Oh, poor Daddy. 
Stay safe everybody, I’m going to run a few more miles to celebrate how well the fund raising is going. 
Sweetie 
Sweetie’s Marathon – Day 44 – Only two weeks to go
Hello everyone
Only two weeks to go now until the World Cup Final, so only 14 more days of running for me on this marathon.
I have been feeling a little tired for the past few days so haven’t been running quite as far as normal, but I have covered 330 miles (530 Km) since the start… that’s an average of 7.32 Miles (11.78 Km) per day.
I think that’s quite good for a little hamster like me.
Sweetie’s Marathon – Day 40 – This marathon thing is catching
Hello everybody.
It seems I’m not the only one who likes marathons.
While I was running on my wheel earlier Daddy was watching some people playing tennis on TV, and they have broken the record for the longest tennis match in history.
Nicholas Mahut from France and John Isner from the USA have been playing for 10 hours so far at Wimbledon… and it hasn’t finished yet !
The overnight score is an incredible…
| Mahut | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 59 |
| Isner | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 59 |
Daddy was so engrossed in it that he completely forgot about the World Cup… Haha 
I know what this marathon thing is like, I clocked up my 300th Mile last night, so I can honestly say “Well done !“.
Have you got any stories of marathon exploits that you want to share with people ? If so, why not leave a comment on here about them ?
I hope Nicholas and John can recover well overnight before they carry on their battle tomorrow.
Stay safe, everybody.
Sweetie
Sweetie’s Marathon – Day 38 – Fame at last ! (Courtesy of “Doctor Who”)
Hello everybody
Daddy likes watching a TV program called Doctor Who, and he tells me that even The Doctor is following my progress !
At the start of last night’s episode, The Pandorica Opens, the Doctor and Amy went to see “the very first words in recorded history“.
I couldn’t believe it when Daddy told me what they were !….
Click on the picture to see it full size.
The very first words in recorded history - From Doctor Who, The Pandorica Opens, BBC Wales, 19/06/2010
Ha Ha ! … So now everybody knows about me !
I wish I could have seen it for myself.
Now if all you Doctor Who followers were to enter my competition and make a contribution to Fife Headway it would really help to boost the funds.
Stay safe everybody, especially you, Doctor !
Sweetie
Sweetie’s Marathon – Day 37 – Trying to ignore the humans
Hello friends
Oh, it has been so hot here in Nanning this week that Mummy took my cage into the living room where there is air conditioning to keep me nice and cool. Thank you Mummy.
The only problem with that is that I am a shy little hamster, and I get scared when there are lots of humans around. 
Sweetie’s Marathon – Day 34 – Daddy explains the World Cup to me
Hello everybody.
Because Daddy is so excited that the World Cup has finally started I asked him how his team was getting on.
He said that he is supporting England but that they hadn’t done too well in their first game, a 1-1 draw with the U.S.A.
I asked him if I could see the goals, and he said that his blogging friend Kelly in Canada had found some video of them…
Oh dear !… I’m going back to my wheel for a bit. Much more exciting !
Stay safe everybody !
Sweetie
Sweetie’s Marathon – Day 33 – Mummy’s problems, Daddy’s problems, and £4000 !
Hello, it’s me again !
Oh dear, both Mummy and Daddy have been unwell, so I haven’t been able to get onto the computer to talk to you. 
Sweetie’s Marathon – Day 31 – Running for a month
Hello people !
Wow ! It doesn’t seem like a whole month since I started this…
I’m really settling in to a good rhythm now, have averaged over 10 Miles (16 Km) a day for the past week.
Have you had a go at my little competition yet ? The World Cup has started, so there’s less than a month to go now. That means I am over half way through my marathon… I wonder how far I will go before it’s finished ?
Sweetie’s Marathon – Day 29 – Still here, still running
Hello !
Just short of 200 miles now, that’s over 300 Km.
Do you like what Daddy has done to the headings of my blog posts ? I do !
I think it makes it easier to see where each of the posts starts.
Thank you Daddy.
Mummy has been busy at work the last two days so has been too tired to take any more video of me, but I don’t mind… it leaves me more time for running.
See you soon.
Stay safe !
Sweetie
Sweetie’s marathon – Day 27 – How fast does a hamster run ?
Hello again !
Yes, it’s busy little me back again.
People often ask “How fast does a hamster run on its wheel ?”.
