TEAM LONDON
The London boys are mixed in terms of running experience; ranging from complete novices to being able to give our Paula a run for her money! With 35,000 fellow runners and an estimated half a million spectators cheering them on they are sure of doing us proud.
TEAM MOTTO
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success
MARATHON SUMMARY
The London Marathon is one of the top five international marathons run over the traditional distance of 42.195 km (26 miles and 385 yards) (aren’t they all), it is also a large, celebratory sporting festival, second only to the Great North Run in Newcastle, in terms of the number of participants.
It is one of the World Marathon Majors, a two-year series of elite marathon racing that also includes the Boston, Chicago, New York and Berlin marathons.
An unusual feature is the very large amounts of money raised for charity, much more than other marathons. It is now the largest annual fund raising event in the world with the 2006 participants raising over £41.5 million for charity, bringing the total amount raised for charity by runners, to a grand total of £315 million. In 2007, 78% of all runners raised money.
THE TEAM, SOME STATS AND FACT
JAMES DARE |
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| Greatest Personal Sporting Achievement | Representing Dorset county for Clay pigeon shooting. Completion of 3 peaks in 2004 |
| Sporting Hero | Daley Thompson |
| Marathon Target Time | Sub 4 hours |
DAVID STEWART |
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| Greatest Personal Sporting Achievement | Scoring a try (my only) in the Upper 6th v’s Lower 6th Rugby Match at school where I ran through the entire opposing team- glorious! |
| Sporting Hero | Steven Gerrard |
| Marathon Target Time | 4 1/2hours |
MATT WESTON |
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| Greatest Personal Sporting Achievement | Winning the under 18 county cup with school and representing Bucks (briefly!) in the national round. |
| Sporting Hero | Eric Cantona |
| Marathon Target Time | 3h30m (gulp) |
100% of money raised goes to three nominated charities
