Runners take to the streets for ReachOut in Royal Parks Half Marathon

On Sunday 6 October, 6 brilliant ReachOut supporters donned their running vests and trainers and took part in the Royal Parks Half Marathon, a 13-mile endurance race through Central London.

Our wonderful new vests! (Photo: http://sohfree.com/)

Despite gloomy forecasts, the weather on the morning of the race was spectacular and our runners were in high spirits as they took to the streets of the capital to raise money for ReachOut. The route of the race took our runners through some of the most beautiful surroundings which London has to offer, including Hyde Park, St. James’ Park and Westminster.

A grand total of 16,000 people took part in the race for various different local, national and international charities so it was great to see the ReachOut logo running alongside the likes of Oxfam, Cancer Research UK and Macmillan.

Our runners were among the best in the race, one of whom achieved a new personal best of 1hr 39mins! (Congratulations Paul!)

Emily and Sohko at the finish line! (Photo: http://sohfree.com/)

So far, our wonderful runners have raised over £3,000 for ReachOut. This is a truly fantastic total, especially when you consider that just £10 is enough to provide all of the resources to mentor one young person for an entire year at the ReachOut Club, a one-to-one mentoring project for primary school pupils!

Paul, Neshaat, Sohko, Emily, Rachael and Bradley – you’re all superstars! Thank you again for all of our hard work and determination. We hope your legs weren’t too sore on Monday morning!

If you're interested in taking part in an event for ReachOut please contact luke.ounsworth@reachoutuk.org or visit our website.

Luke Ounsworth