 Hi Andy, hope you're good. I just wanted to say a massive congratulations on all that you've done. When you score a goal, it's a really nice moment but it makes it even more special knowing what you're doing. For you to stay motivated throughout the whole season is amazing and it's going to benefit a lot of people. I'm very sorry I couldn't see you today but me in the club have earned a very special surprise for you. Thank you for inspiring us all, your dad will be so proud of you. Up the cherries and look forward to seeing you soon. What a legend, I love that. Obviously it's amazing to get a message from Dom, something so personal as well and to kind of be inspiring to him and the team is pretty special. So I'm Andy, I've been a Bournemouth fan for 20 plus years or so and went with my dad from a young age the whole way through and so at the moment I'm running a marathon for every time Dom Salanki scores a goal so raising that for Cancer Research UK and so far we've raised 7,300 pounds which has been amazing so 14 marathons in for Dom's goal so we've got one more left to do which is going to be in June then however many more we score from the end of the season and the reason for the challenge is my dad was sadly diagnosed with cancer early last year and I was trying to find a sort of a challenge for me to do to raise some money for Cancer Research UK and I thought of a few different ideas but this one kind of stuck out in my head as being different and I hadn't seen it before anywhere so I felt it would be a good challenge to do and challenge me myself and hopefully raise some money for a great charity I guess remembering being a memory for my dad as well and people bringing back some good memories of dad yeah so he's diagnosed in January 2020 so went through a battle there and had I think two or three rounds of chemo and it looked to be to be positive there are signs of improvement but we unfortunately got some some bad news around August time 2020 that he was unfortunately terminal and there was nothing they could do about it so that was when the challenge kind of came about I thought at that moment I had to do something and really that was then and dad sadly passed away in November of last year so he got to see me do a few other runs he'd been supporting them since he was very young his dad took him I think when he was five or six and he'd been a season ticket holder ever since then traveling home and away I think he'd pretty much been to every ground in the country watching watching Bournemouth play so yeah huge Cherries fan the amount of people that would come up to him at games always amazed me like it felt like every other game was somebody else coming up to him and saying hello so I think everybody loved him and kind of knew knew of him and knew how great a person he was in terms of kind of memories I guess playing football in the back garden with him going on holidays with the family were amazing and then I think we've had some of the best times actually here at the club the league well division three player final now at the then him stayed and we beat Lincoln was was memorable the great escape and obviously the promotion and the rise up to the Premier League and and that's something that I'll always be grateful for is that we are able to to watch Bournemouth play in the Premier League together and and see some amazing amazing games we spoke about it a few times when I first said the challenge he he said I was mad and and crazy but I think he he really appreciated and and understood I guess the reason why I was doing it and he said to me after them that he was proud of me and he was amazed that the response that he all that I was getting for the challenge and some of the messages that would come coming in for him I think the messages well first and foremost I know that it's I've got a reason behind it so so for dad that's that's the main thing secondly the messages of support from from everyone the Bournemouth fans have been amazing the club's been amazing and then the donations what's coming in as far exceeded whatever thought we'd raised so seeing those come in whilst I'm out running and seeing them appear on my watch keeps me going and I'm pounding the streets yeah so I had a appendicitis in November which took up a few weeks actually the first thing I said to the doctor when I was in hospital was when will I be able to run again and he kind of laughed and said oh why do you need to do that and I explained to him and he said probably four four to five weeks you'll be able to do some like running well Dom then scored two against I think it was Reading about a week after having my appendix out and two weeks later I did I did marathon so I kind of ignored his advice but but I felt okay I saw the nation to come in whenever that comes in I immediately look and see the amount and who it was from so I could sort of reply to them and I just saw 500 and thought I someone must have made a mistake here I think they may have put an extra zero on it and I looked in and I saw the difference from Dom and the message that you put on there and yeah that when I said it to my mom there are a few tears and and she couldn't believe it and I think it was more just the shock and wow it's actually kind of Dom seen it and and this is amazing so yeah it was emotional to see that that Dom would have donated and such an amazing amount as well are we doing are you okay thank you so much incredible thank you so much could be doing two both and then this weekend yeah could be thank you appreciate that I'm not going to make some calls as well yeah no appreciate that what your last one was Millwall Millwall yeah when did you win them I just run around the area what on your watch just wait until you get I'll kind of plot a route yeah and then wherever oh my god and just see how it goes just run all that so what do you want to join doctor's car then what now well maybe not maybe not too much four games four goals you can see him for the playoffs I'd say yeah same same congratulations no thank you no I mean the club's been amazing everything they've done yeah they've been fantastic in here as well so yeah no thank you so much no I really appreciate that as well yeah it's an amazing surprise something that I didn't expect and I was thinking myself of trying to of maybe buying one and getting something printed out myself but but that's an amazing surprise that the club have done for me so everyone involved can't thank them enough for that where it's going to go I don't know I'll have to try and find some space somewhere I'm not sure my other half will be too happy about it and if I put it in the bedroom but I think that's where it'll probably go so just finally I want to say a massive thank you to everyone that has helped with the challenge in terms of spreading the word sharing everything on social media donating and obviously the club and then also a few thank yous to Danny Thomas coaching academy who has provided me with some kit during the challenge which has been amazing without that I wouldn't have been able to complete my challenges the Sharon who has provided some sports massages to keep my legs in as good as possible shape as they can be and then finally to iPro who have supplied me some drinks for my final marathon in June so a big thank you to all of those yeah people want to donate that they can do the link is justgiving.co.uk forward slash fundraising forward slash dom scores we run