Pounding the streets for CARE

Flora London Marathon 22nd April 2007

On one of the hottest race days in the history of the event, nearly 50,000 runners took to the streets of London to take on the challenge of one of the most famous marathon routes in the world. Within the masses there were 12 runners taking part in aid of CARE International and between them they have raised ?15,000, and still counting, to support the work of CARE International throughout the world. Two members of the CARE Challenge Series team, Neil Munro and Lydia Gibson, took part for CARE and Lydia tells us her story...

Lydia?s Marathon for CARE International UK

ImageIn April 2006 I went to watch the London marathon as a representative of CARE to cheer on the people running for the charity.  I was inspired by the sheer determination of all the participants, so much so that I embarked on what was to be my biggest physical challenge to date.

In April 2007 I ran the London marathon in 4hours 45mins.  I started small with 5k practice runs, building up to my first competitive 10k and then ? marathons, before I knew it 2 hour runs were the norm!  I found varying my routes kept me focussed and company on the long runs was always much appreciated.

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Lydia powers through mile 25!
I chose to fundraise for CARE.  As a staff member I knew the support from my colleagues would be extensive; from training advice, fundraising support to cheers of encouragement as I ran past mile 25 on the day! Further to that, understandably CARE is the charity I know most about and knew the funds raised really would make a difference to the people we work with around the world.

If you are thinking of taking up the challenge and running because you CARE don't hesitate to get in touch and take a look at our running event pages of the website.

 
 

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CARE challenge are an in-house charity fundraising team. We offer many exciting charity events that you can join. All our charity challenges offer amazing adventures outdoors and lots of our activities take place over adventure weekends. If charity runs are your thing, then we have lots to offer - 10K runs, half marathons and many other running events. Or, how about cycling events for charity? We certainly have lots to offer in the charity cycling department. There are charity rides where you can cycle London to Brighton or you can even do a charity bike ride from London to Paris, if London to Brighton isn't far enough! We also have some charity walks and hikes. Later this year we have a sponsored walk that is 25 miles long in order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of CARE International's UK office. If activities outdoors and adventure weekends get your adrenalin pumping, then why not sign up for one of our mountain challenges? We have numerous charity challenges on mountains over the year from three peaks challenges to 24 peaks challenges - if you think you're up to it! For many of our charity fundraising events you can register as a teamleader or part of a team. We believe our charity challenges offer great teambuilding activities and are really great for team events. So if you're interested in corporate team building through a great charity challenge then the CARE Challenge Series is for you. Click here to see all our charity challenges.