Dan Crossman, headteacher of Marlborough St Mary’s, and local residents Chris Barnes and Kevin Hicks, together with their friend Kathryn Price, all completed the gruelling 26.2 mile London Marathon course yesterday. And in doing so they have, between them, raised over a staggering £23K for their chosen charities. If you would like to make a donation follow the links at the end of this article.
Chris Barnes said, “Marlborough turned out in force to support us with friends and family lining the route. What a generous town we live in! I ran for Macmillan and out of 800 Macmillan charity runners I am the ninth highest fundraiser, having raised over £8K. Kevin, running for Parkinson’s, has also raised over £8K and is the charity’s number one fundraiser. How amazing is that ? Our wonderful town has raised over £16k for two worthy causes. An absolutely amazing achievement and thank you to everyone for your generosity.”
“I’m really pleased I did it,” commented Dan Crossman, who was running for Great Ormond Street Hospital(GOSH) where his daughter is receiving treatment. He completed the course in 4 hours 58 minutes. “It’s really something to witness even if you’re not running, it’s an experience like no other. You might not be able to play at Wimbledon or in the FA cup final but you can run the same route as Mo Farah. It was just amazing and I’m grateful for all the support I received throughout the course from friends and family, the GOSH cheer points and the crowd who chanted ‘Go GOSH, Go Dan’ after reading my T-shirt. I hit a low point around mile 19 but one guy chanting ‘Dan’ with others joining in got me going again.”
Dan who is back at school today, happy but aching and ravenously hungry, has raised nearly £7K. “I found out today that Dragonfly Class has been secretly raising money for me with their own mini marathon and exercises. They have raised £450 and I’m very grateful.”
There’s still time to make a donation. Click on the links below.
Chris Barnes (Macmillan) click here
Kevin Hicks (Parkinson’s)click here
Dan Crossman (Great Ormond Street Hospital)click here