Great Langdale Marathon & Snowdonia Marathon for Autism!
Andy Milton is raising money for National Autistic Society
Participants: Andrew Milton
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Over the next 13 weeks I will be training for 2 of the toughest road marathons in the UK and Europe.
On the 20th of September I will be running the Great Langdale Marathon in the Lake District. 'Crinkle crags to the left of them, Langdale Pikes to the right of them, into the valley ran the 600!' Then 4 weeks later on the 24th October I will be undertaking the hardest road marathon in Europe, the Snowdonia Marathon. This involves a distance of 26.2 miles and is run on a demanding and spectacular route, encircling Snowdon, Wales and England's highest peak. I ran this race last year in a time of 4 hours and 20 minutes - My target for this year is 3 hours 30 minutes. I will be running for the National Autistic Society, as my cousin David is living with Autism and has been for 13 years. This charity helps to develop the needs of children and adults with Autism. People from all nationalities and cultural, religious and social backgrounds can have autism, although it appears to affect more men than women. It is a lifelong condition: children with autism grow up to become adults with autism. The National Autistic Society is the UK's leading charity for people affected by Autism. Over half a million people in the UK have autism. Together with their families they make up over two million people whose lives are touched by autism every single day. Despite this, autism is still relatively unknown and misunderstood. Which means that many of these two million people get nothing like the level of help, support and understanding they need. Together, we are going to change this. Thank you.
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