Flora London Marathon
Sunday 13 April 2008
Congratulations to all Action For Kids Marathon runners!
Mark and James after the race
London Marathon 2008 - Race Report
The day got off to a promising start with the sun shining on all the runners lining up for the 2008 Flora London Marathon. Meanwhile Action For Kids were setting up their supporter point opposite Somerset House at about 24.5 miles along the route, with their pom poms at the ready. Even the rain which poured down over London couldn't dampen our spirits.
It was the third biggest London Marathon since it began in 1981 with over 35,000 starting the race and over 34,000 completing the course. The participants were made up of all kinds of runners from the Wombles to the Maasai Warriors and of course our very own Action For Kids team.
By the time the AFK Team had crossed the line, they had already raised a fabulous £48,305.93! This will go to help provide mobility equipment; Work Related Learning Services and support to disabled children and young people.
If you would like to see details of running times and fundraising totals for each individual click here
Action For Kids would like to say huge thank you to.........
Bernadette, Richard, James, Mark, Nicola, Stuart, Andrew, Carl, Darren, James, Andrew, Kim, Scott, Gina, Jeremy, Nicole, Jane, Katherine, Natalie, Jaspreet, Helen, Tony, Kai, Rob and Jonathan.
All these people are amazing for taking on such a challenge to help people less fortunate than themselves.
A big thank you to the many runners from Investec, for running the Flora London Marathon 2008 and raising a fantastic £25,442.08 raise money for Action For Kids.
If you have any questions about the Action For Kids marathon places or if you would like some more information about joining the Action For Kids team in 2009, please contact Carolyn on 020 8347 8111 or email cfield@actionforkids.org
