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Not the Paris Marathon

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Congratulations to Mike McDonald who with Paris cancelled took it upon himself to run a marathon in his front and back garden. Fuelled by Cheese and Wine Mike ran 6 hours 28 minutes and raised £368 for his efforts.

Mike’s Story:

I Should have been doing Paris Marathon today, 5th April; but couldn’t go obvs, so instead I brought Paris to me. Fueled by Chateaneuf-du-Pape, coffee, croissants, and Brie; the ‘Not the Paris Marathon’ was in my garden due to the lock-down on behalf of the Warwickshire and Solihull Bloodbikes. As a charity, they volunteer and transport plasma, drugs, X-rays etc. between hospitals for free; saving the NHS the taxi costs which is better spent on patient care, PPE etc. for the front-line staff.

Mike’s Just Giving Page

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Marathon Mania – From Paris to Manchester

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With Spring a racing write off so far the K&D Chaps have had little racing in their legs before this weekend. But Marathon times call for Marathon measures.

Paris Marathon:

In warm conditions there was no time to stop at the boulangerie as K&D’s Chaps raced aloug the Roux. Though they did spare a moment for some pre-race encouragement to our Manchester marathoners…

Results:
Rob Houlston – 3:15:11
Andrew Connors – 3:17:11
Max Mladenovic – 3:24:34
James Taylor – 3:33:10
Russell Davies – 3:33:57
Richard Beale – 3:36:20
Greg Turner – 3:47

Manchester Marathon:

Less red wine and cheese, more Man Utd and Eccles Cakes. K&D’s now annual Manchester Marathon turn out included 5 of our numbers. 

John Garside – 3:53:11
Michael McDonald – 3:56:03
Paul O’Donnell – 4:01:22
Darren Maggs – 4:32:03
Paul Winwood – 4:42:38

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