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Update: finished in 4 hours 43 mins!
On April 10th I’ll be running the Brighton Marathon (26.2 miles) to raise funds for Cancer Research UK. Last year I successfully completed the same event dressed as a gorilla; this year I’m upping the stakes further by running dressed as a giant stick of seaside rock. I really want to stand out from the crowd – the costume is approximately 9 ft (2.75m) tall. As per last year, I’m aiming to finish in less than 5 hours, and expect to clock up about 400 miles in training runs.
Why a stick of rock? I’m running in memory of my friend Brian, who died this year from pancreatic cancer aged just 45. After he was diagnosed last year, I decided to run for Cancer Research, and asked him to come up with a fancy dress idea – the more painful and humiliating the better. This was his suggestion.
So please sponsor me if you can. If I could reach my target of £2000 it would make all the dark, cold, late night training runs, and the public humiliation of the costume more than worthwhile.
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