Mark Grieves from Bierton will be running 6 marathons in six months, from July until December, finishing in a track marathon around Stoke Mandeville Stadium.
In what he is calling his 'six by six' challenge, Mark aims to raise as much money as he can for the Great Ormond Street Hospital as well as a small UK based charity called ‘Get Kids Going’ which helps give disabled children an opportunity to participate in sport.
Mark told us how he is preparing for this epic challenge:
"Just through a lot of training, a lot of hard graft in miles, been through a lot of running trainers! But hopefully I'm fighting fit and ready to go for the start of the challenge, I am looking forward to it and hopefully I can raise a lot of money for two excellent charities."
His fundraiser challenge will look like this:
- July 10/11th – Isle of Wight Challenge (66 miles across the weekend)
- August 28th – Chalfont St Peter Running Tribe 26.2 Trail Run
- September 25th – Chiltern 50k Challenge
- October 3rd – The London Marathon
- November 21st – Wendover Woods Autumn Festival of Running Marathon
- December – Stoke Mandeville Track Marathon (TBC)
The link to donate is here: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserActivities?userUrl=markgrieves2021&fbclid=IwAR20jbdLpqsUHWlhukfxQKi9FKhSyCN-zZ8TtXj6rp8Zi6lYI9nGEH8iRSM
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