2025
****UPDATE****
Goodness, what a weekend that was! The weather, surprisingly for Manchester(!), was just fabulous! Glorious sunshine, pleasant temperatures, blue skies! In fact, the perfect conditions for sitting in a pub beer garden and enjoying a very cold glass of something! Unfortunately the exact opposite conditions for attempting to run 26.2mile (42.196km), but that’s exactly what I did!
It wasn’t quick, and it wasn’t pretty, but I got round! I was mainly spurred on by the tremendous crowds that pretty much lined the whole course, which travelled out of the City from Manchester United’s world-famous Old Trafford football stadium, winding its way through villages to Altrincham and then back again to finish on Oxford Road, a 10minute walk from my hotel.
What also spurred me on was the extremely generous sponsorship money that has been donated to my two charity JustGiving pages – thank you so much to all of you have donated, I really do appreciate every penny that has been pledged.
So, the numbers:
Runtastic time: 4hrs 44mins 40 seconds
Watch Time: 4hrs 44mins 37seconds
Chip Time: 4hrs 44mins 16seconds
Number 15 IN THE BAG!
Thank you once again to all who have sponsored me so far, if you haven’t yet bit would like to, my sponsorship pages will be live for a few more weeks:
For National Kidney Federation donations, please click here:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/eds-fifteenth-nfk
and for MacMillan Cancer Support donations, please click here:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/eds-fifteenth-macmillan
Until next time..
Ed
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The last few years have been a bit tough for me, and although my running has kept me sane, I've not set up any sponsorship pages since 2022... until now!
On April 27th, 2025, I will be running the Adidas Manchester Marathon! This will be my FIFTEENTH marathon, and, as in previous years I will be running in aid of two wonderful charities which are very close to my heart: National Kidney Federation and MacMillan Cancer Support.
I have set up TWO fundraising pages for these two fantastic charities, so if you are able to, please do give as much as you possibly can.
For National Kidney Federation donations, please click here:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/eds-fifteenth-nfk
and for MacMillan Cancer Support donations, please click here:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/eds-fifteenth-macmillan
thank you in advance,
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