Right, as if you didnt know anyway, i'm not actually Jimmy White LOL, I know I fooled some though...!

I am actually Ian, aged 28, a PE teacher from Malvern near Worcester. (Stormforce and Scotty2hotti can vouch for this!)

So, why am I telling you this?

Well, formal intro aside, I am appealing to the good natures of my fellow funky folk...

This coming Sunday, April 22nd, I will be running the London Marathon!!

I last did it aged 17 back in 2001, taking about 4 hours 11 minutes, but that was 11 years, 6 stone, and a hell of a lot of cigarettes ago!!

I am raising money for something i've called the The 'Clo-Jo' Campaign, following my 10 year old niece Chloe's diagnosis of a brain tumour back in November.

Please visit www.virginmoneygiving.com/IanAlley and if you can, it would be wonderful if you could kindly sponsor my run by hitting the 'donate' link on the site.

Anything, big or small, is wonderful, and is greatly appreciated by Birmingham Children's Hospital (which is in a bad state of disrepair) and VICTA (Visually Impaired Children Taking Action) - the money donated to 'The Clo-Jo Campaign' is going to these charities!

Thank you for reading, and if you can, please do...!

The Wind x (Ian x)

Edited at 21:35 Mon 16/04/12 (BST)

I love that PE teachers get fat, lazy and smoke... surely if anyone should keep fit its the people that are paid to inspire our children to live a healthy balanced life style.

Anyway despite you being nearly as grumpy as me, I've donated a 5er...

Much love buddy

ian you legend

LOL - I used to smoke, before I started teaching I hasten to add! Been teaching 2 years now...

Wouldn't say fat and lazy though! Yes I put on 6 stone in 11 years but i still only total 14.3 stone, thats not that bad, is it??!!

And a great big THANK YOU to you slatts!! MWAH!

HAHA - Love it, thank you bud! x

sorry to hear this mate

good luck with everything.

Depends how tall you are

Not very if you weighed 8 stone sommin at 17

Anyway GL m8, I'll stop pulling ya chain now

Best of luck for the marathon!

Dont wanna sound gay, but i'm lovin my chain being pulled! Am 5' 11'' and was at 17 too, about average weight / height ratio...

Thank you dgen!

Thank you Sammy

_nut_case_ has also just confirmed he will sponsor!!

MANY THANKS BUD!

Good Luck Whirlwind

Never seen eye to eye.. but hope your daughter gets the treatement she needs, shes got my faith and support

and im sure you will do the best you can, and were all proud of you mate

Niece, not daughter, but many thanks indeed bud!

all the best m8 with the marathon and raising the money..

Many thanks indeed bud!

Hi Ian, all the best with this mate. I'll think of you whilst I'm watching TV, chocolate in one hand, beer in the other LOL

no wonder u put 6 stone on teaching kids snooker ian .ive donated a tenner all the best with your run

HAHAHA - EVIL! But what isnt evil at all is the donation you've just given - THANK YOU SO MUCH STORRRRRRRMY!!

I genuinely never thought of that, but what a fabulous idea! I can just imagine it now...

Me... "Hi Lindsey, (the head)

I was just wondering, in my capacity as thewhirlwind, funkysnooker's 2nd greatest player (!), could we please get some snooker tables in the PE department?"

Lindsey... "As long as you pot my pink...!"

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE DONATION MATEY!!