Exeter law firm Michelmores is calling for runners to get involved in its annual charity run, taking place on Thursday 11 June 2015 at 7pm and fundraising in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Now in its 16th year, the Michelmores Charity Run attracts over 1,000 runners, covering a 5km city course starting in the heart of Exeter at the Cathedral Green and finishing at Exeter Castle.
From experienced runners to fun runners in fancy dress, all are welcome. Last year, first place went to Gwylym Gibson, who covered the course in 16 minutes 2 seconds.
Sense, the national deafblind charity, is offering budding athletes from Devon the opportunity to take the challenge of a lifetime and run this year’s London Marathon.
The charity that supports and campaigns for people who are both deaf and blind across Devon, has guaranteed places for the iconic race in April.
Tara Hamdi from Sense, said: “The London Marathon is one of the world’s greatest but getting a place can be difficult, so Sense wants to give local runners the chance to run for a cause close to home. Whether you’re a seasoned runner or a novice we’ll support you...
Exeter women are being urged to fight dirty when it comes to conquering cancer - by signing up now for an exciting new event from Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.
The city has been chosen to host one of just two Race for Life Pretty Muddy events taking place in the South West this summer.
Pretty Muddy is a women-only, non-competitive 5k obstacle course – with added mud. It will take place for the first time in Exeter at Westpoint Arena on Saturday, July 25.
It’s the perfect challenge for thoe looking to shake off the January blues and commit to get more active in...
Tom Merson from Bristol and West AC retained his winning title at Exeter’s 30th Great West Run 2014 this morning, with a time of one hour nine minutes and twenty one seconds, in good running conditions. In second place was Anders Grahl from Exeter University in one hour ten minutes and thirty seconds, followed by Shaun Antell in one hour ten minutes and forty seconds.
Merson said: “The course proved to be really fast for the first three to four miles, which helped with the pacing. It was very scenic, and took in everything that Exeter has to offer. It was extremely well supported...
Almost 40 staff members from EDF Energy’s Gadeon House office in Exeter have rallied together and entered into Exeter’s Great West Run, taking place on Sunday 19 October.
The group hopes to raise £3,000 in aid of EDF Energy’s charity partner Marie Curie, with all the funds going to help Marie Curie Nurses provide more free care to people with terminal illnesses in their own homes and in the charity’s nine hospices. Almost £500 has already been raised as part of an office charity day, where the team held a raffle and a cake sale.
This Exeter family together hope to raise £50,000 by taking on Exeter’s Great West Run in a bid to help four-year-old Sophie Joy walk unaided for the first time.
The team is made up of Sophie's father Daniel Case, Deborah Down, grandmother and Jade Down, auntie.
Sophie has battled Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy from a very young age, and despite the tireless efforts of her parents to support her with as much physio at home, she will only see her condition improve significantly with an operation called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy.
An Exeter PE teacher is set to run two of the UK’s great half-marathon events to raise funds for training charity St Loye’s Foundation.
Matt Upston, 39, from Heavitree will start the Great North Run alongside 56,000 entrants and some of the world’s leading athletes on Sunday 7 September, followed six weeks later by competing in the Great West Run around Exeter on Sunday 19 October.
Matt, a Schools Sports Coordinator, opted to support St Loye’s after training with Keryn Seal, the blind England International footballer who is an ambassador for the charity.
GO2, organisers of Exeter’s Great West Run, sponsored by Tozers, have announced that entry levels have already exceeded those of the 2013 race at 2,500, with still two months left to go for runners to sign up.
This years race, taking place on Sunday 19 October 2014, has not only enticed a growing level of interest from clubs and runners, but also from a number of new partners, which promise to maximise both the race day experience, and engagement with the community in the lead up.
In addition to Devon Air Ambulance Trust and Newtown Community Association, who are new...
Crossing the finishing line in just under six hours and raising £2,000 for charity was a poignant moment for first-time London Marathon runner Diane Collett.
After losing her mother to cancer just two months previously and supporting her sister through her own brave battle with the disease, 2014 has been a tough year for the 48-year-old business director.
And while Diane is first to admit that finishing in 5 hours 55 minutes breaks no world records, she is determined to secure a place next year to raise even more cash for charities close to her heart.
Organisers of Exeter’s Great West Run, sponsored by Tozers, are delighted to announce that the 2014 event has already attracted over 1,600 sign ups in just three weeks of entries being officially opened.
Last year, a total of 2,123 runners took to the streets of Exeter to complete the 13.1 mile challenge. With 1,600 already registered for 2014, the surge of runners taking advantage of the early bird savings would suggest that this years entries will substantially surpass those of recent years.
Jamie Warren, Marketing Manager at GO2, said: "The response in just three weeks...
