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Double first for Christine and Jamie
Jamie Gavin at the finish.
Our two runners in the Greater Manchester marathon, Christine Elliott and Jamie Gavin, did us proud. Both got round in under four hours and raised £2,000 between them for Tom’s Fund and CRY.
Christine said of her first ever marathon: “The race was tough but I did enjoy it and was delighted to finish in under 4 hours. The support in Manchester was phenomenal and it had a great atmosphere. I was also really pleased to hit my fundraising target for CRY.”
It was also the first marathon for Jamie and he got round in 3 hours and 23 minutes.
He said: “It’s probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done – a great experience to look back on but the last eight miles hurt a lot. I hit a series of horrible walls and just had to tell myself to keep going. But I am really pleased to have got round in under three and a half hours and, more importantly, raised some money for Tom’s Fund and for CRY.”
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Jamie Gavin
Jamie Gavin, another of our former BBC Colleagues, is taking part in the Greater Manchester marathon to raise money for Tom’s Fund – giving us two runners in the same event!
It will be a first marathon for Jamie, who works in BBC Sport, and he said: “It really is a privilege to be able to do something to help in whatever small way, and to run for Tom, and it will genuinely spur me on the whole way round.
“Hopefully whatever I raise will mean a few more people can benefit from free heart testing and by raising awareness for CRY perhaps even save a life.”
Jamie said that his training had been tough on his knees but the last few weeks of his programme had been the best so he was hoping all would go well on the day.
He added: “”Claire has been such a massive inspiration to me and hundreds of other young journalists and to run in memory of her son Tom – and to raise money and awareness for CRY – will help me through all 26.2 miles.”
Claire said: “I am sure Jamie is going to succeed as he is a very determined person. When he learnt he had a BBC interview he flew back from his trip of a lifetime to Australia where he was watching the Ashes. Luckily he got the job! We wish him lots of luck.”
You can support Jamie here:
https://original.justgiving.com/Jamie-Gavin1
Ready to take off for @CRY_UK
Ealing Eagle Christine Elliott has done a great job raising publicity for CRY – you can read about her marathon effort in the Ealing Gazette or online in Ealing Today here.
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