Congratulations to Flora London Marathon team
28 April 2009
The Parkinson's Disease Society (PDS) congratulates its team of
202 runners, who all completed the 2009 Flora London Marathon on Sunday 26 April.
The team included the Hocking family from Exeter. The five
siblings, Rosie, Hannah, Sarah, Tom and Debs, who were running
because their father is living with Parkinson's, all finished the
race in under 6 hours.
Mark Ashley from Peterborough and Katrina Elliott from
Colchester, who both have Parkinson's, also crossed the finish line
near Westminster.
Paul Jackson-Clark, Director of Fundraising for the Parkinson's
Disease Society, said:
"We are extremely grateful to every single one of our runners
for their dedication and determination.
"The Flora London Marathon is our biggest fundraising event of
the year, and we hope to raise £275,000 to support our work.
"We are delighted that so many chose to race for the PDS in our
40th Anniversary year."
The run coincided with this year's Parkinson's Awareness Week (20–26 April 2009).
During the week PDS branches and support groups have been working
to raise awareness and funds to help people living with
Parkinson's.
Support the Parkinson's Disease Society
Whatever you want to do to raise funds for the Parkinson's
Disease Society, we can help. Please visit our Support us pages for more information or contact
our Events team on 020 7932 1347 or events@parkinsons.org.uk
Apply for a place in the 2010 Virgin London Marathon
If you have been inspired by the PDS Flora London Marathon team
and want to take part next year, the ballot for the 2010 Virgin
London Marathon is now open. See our Virgin
London Marathon page for more details.
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