THEY MADE IT!!

Sunday saw our 5 runners complete the amazing feat of running the London marathon!

All 26 miles of it.

They all did so well and we are proud of each one of them.

One of the runners, Vanessa Ashworth who is one of our staff members, made it round in a fantastic 6hours 29mins. She had never run before and was so delighted to have completed such a mamouth run!

She said: "Along all the course it was a party atmosphere bands playing and little children giving me sweets to keep my sugars up.

Even at one point a priest sprinkled me with Holy water,

I was grateful of any help to get me through.

Towards the end support was still there and I managed to run the last two miles at a good pace, I was concentrating so much on finishing that I missed Big Ben although I ran straight past it! And I managed to miss Buckingham Palace. But crossing the finish line was brill, what a moment."

Our other runners all did equally well. Derek Nye made it round in 5 hours 18m; Thomas Harrington 5 hours 15m; Paul Temple 4 hours 39m; David Mayne 4 hours 33m.

A very big WELL DONE and CONGRATULATIONS to all of them!!!!

Also a big thankyou to all of you who sponsored them.

Paul Adams unfortunately didn't manage to get a flight out of Canada in time to make it home, but his name is firmly in place for next year, so he will get his chance then.

It's almost here!!!


The moment our dedicated runners have been waiting for.

Sunday sees the streets of London swarmed with pounding feet, some experienced marathon runners just trying for a personal best, and others attempting it for the first time.


It's been a week of twists and turns with the volcanic ash causing havoc for so many people, including one of our runners Paul Adams.

After years of trying to get a place in the London Marathon, he finally got one this year running on our behalf, and he is now stuck in Canada where he has been on standby for a week, desperately trying to return home.


Paul is mortified at the thought of going through all that training and not being able to run. He has focused hard on the challenge of running the marathon, training diligently for months, keeping himself motivated through the bad weather of the winter and now to be stuck so far away can only spell frustration.


Our fingers are firmly crossed for Paul, and if he cant make it this year, his place will carry over to next year so not everything will be lost for him.

All our other runners are fully ready, set for a great day and even the weather forecast is good! We wish you all the very best of luck.

So please get behind our runners, Derek Nye, Thomas Harrington, Paul Temple, Paul Adams, David Mayne and Vanessa Ashworth by sponsoring them here: www.macintyrefundraising.org