Read the full post on BBC News. Russ Cook’s fundraising efforts are celebrated by the University of Chichester.
Category: BBC News – Marathon
Runners tackle half marathon in windy weather
Read the full post on BBC News. More than 500 people took part in the 13.1 mile (21km) race from L’Eree to St Peter Port on Sunday.
A false start… in a marathon?
Read the full post on BBC News. Runners “had a chuckle” at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo after an unexpected false start.
Record numbers take on The Amazing Northampton Run
Read the full post on BBC News. About 1,700 people take part in the event as a new course record is set.
‘Have you ever seen anything like that?’ Simbu wins marathon by 0.03 seconds
Read the full post on BBC News. Watch as the men’s marathon ends in an incredible sprint finish between Tanzania’s Alphonce Felix Simbu and Germany’s Amanal Petros, with Simbu winning gold by…
Sprint finish & surprise bronze in dramatic women’s marathon
Read the full post on BBC News. Watch all the drama from the women’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo as Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir beats Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa in a…
All you need to know about The Amazing Northampton Run
Read the full post on BBC News. Organisers are expecting about 1,700 people to take part in the event on Sunday.
Brain tumour survivor to run two half marathons
Read the full post on BBC News. Ed Jennings plans to run in Guernsey and Ipswich to raise money for research and raise awareness.
‘Surreal moment’ for Jones as statue unveiled
Read the full post on BBC News. Former marathon world record holder Steve Jones MBE had his statue unveiled in his home town of Ebbw Vale this week.
Teacher hopes to smash £2m target at marathon
Read the full post on BBC News. For 26 years, Gill Punt has been raising funds for cancer charities in her father’s memory
Runner to repeat challenge that ‘saved his life’
Read the full post on BBC News. Dale Young, 66, was part way through the desert ultramarathon in 2019 but was forced to pull out.
Bid to do half-marathons in different wheelchairs
Read the full post on BBC News. Les Hampton has to use a day wheelchair in London but is allowed his race wheelchair in Cheltenham.
Woman completes one of seven marathons for charity
Read the full post on BBC News. Verity Pitts runs the Sydney Marathon before working on an eight-hour flight to Singapore.
Woman with terminal cancer makes Ironman comeback
Read the full post on BBC News. Hannah Corne, from Leeds, completes an Ironman event a month after she was forced to pull out.
Woman to ‘chase the extraordinary’ after sepsis scare
Read the full post on BBC News. Verity Pitts is aiming to complete the challenge for charity during layovers from cabin crew shifts.
Fundraiser finishes seventh marathon in seven days
Read the full post on BBC News. James Hadley-Piggin raises more than £3,000 for a charity that raises awareness of neurodiversity.