TAKING PRIDE WITH EVERY STRIDE H
oward Marshall, Lead Health Care Assistant in Ophthalmology, has found a new dedication to
running with his motivation being raising money in sponsorship for his local hospice. Howard began supporting Sue Ryder when a close friend and colleague Tina Franklin, received excellent palliative care at Leckhampton Court Hospice in May 2009. After raising funds through several local half marathons, in March this year, Howard combined his love of running with his interest in the history of the charity and took part in the Warsaw Half Marathon. It was in post war Warsaw that the charity’s founder, Sue Ryder herself, started her charitable work before returning to the UK. In 1979 her work was recognised and she became Baroness
Lady Ryder of Warsaw. Howard said: “To take on a challenge in the capital city where Lady Ryder took her title, made the event all the more unique and meaningful.” Finishing in a respectable 2:41, and raising thousands of pounds in his friend Tina’s memory, Howard rightly takes pride in what he has achieved. Shelley Taylor, Running & Challenge Fundraiser says: “We are so grateful for all the support we receive from the running community and Howard is a fantastic example of supporters going the extra mile to raise vital funds for Sue Ryder’s specialist palliative care hospices and neurological centres throughout the UK.” ■ If you fancy combining your love of running with fundraising - however large or small, please get in touch. Our team for the Virgin London Marathon 2012 are raring to go, care to join us? Visit: www.
suerydercare.org/running or email:
events@sueryder.org or call for a chat on 0845 050 1953.
PORTSMOUTH MARATHON K
evin Betts has had a pretty full year so far. He’s been on his stag do
to Las Vegas, got married to his long suffering girlfriend in the summer, been on honeymoon to Sri Lanka and taken a long weekend in New York. This clearly makes Kevin a busy chap but what makes this list impressive is that in between all of this, he is running 52 marathons throughout 2011! So that’s one on the stag do, one on the morning of his wedding and would have been one in Sri Lanka if it wasn’t for the dodgy food! Kevin has taken on this phenomenal
feat of endurance in a bid to raise money for two charities close to his heart. The first being Rethink, survivors of suicide, is a Brighton based charity which aims to give a voice for people affected by mental illness. Kevin’s dad committed suicide when Kevin was 19 and he aims to raise awareness of a subject that is often considered taboo.
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The second charity being Passing it on Africa, which aims to build schools and support education in Africa and is run by James Macdonald who is dedicated to the cause and a fellow runner. Kevin has tirelessly worked this year to achieve the challenge he has set himself back in January. Not only is he running one marathon per week but he has set himself a 4 hour time limit! Over 4 hours and it doesn’t count!
His last marathon will be
the Coastal Waterside Portsmouth Marathon on 18th December. This marathon is run by Rob Piggott at Believe and Achieve personal training (
www.fitprorob.biz). The Portsmouth Marathon was started in 2010 and aims to raise money for the RNLI. If you would like to sponsor Kevin or read his blog about the marathons he has run, reasons for doing so and his struggles and triumphs along the
way, head to his website
www.52marathons.co.uk. For details of how to sponsor him visit www.justgiving
.co.uk/52marathons. If you are running or watching the marathon please cheer Kevin along. He has achieved a phenomenal feat of endurance and everyone who has supported him feels proud of him. Not least his wife Amy who will be pleased to have her husband back in the new year!
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