Starting and finishing
in Hyde Park, the 13.1
mile route ran across
four of London’s Royal
Parks - Hyde Park, St.
James’s Park, Kensington
Gardens and Green Park.
Runners also took in
some of London’s most
historic landmarks,
including Buckingham
Palace, The Houses of
Parliament, Marble Arch
and the Royal Albert
Hall.
As
everyone lined up at the
start, a little further
along the race course,
11-16 year old runners
were preparing
themselves for Pulse3K –
a new youth event run
over the last 3
kilometres of the half
marathon course.
Race
day provided us with
perfect running weather,
if a little chilly for
spectators, in
a beautiful autumnal
park setting.
A
team of Calor Gas
employees with
corporate team
places chose to run
for CRY this year
and through this
event have already
raised over
£15,000 for the
CRY - for which we
are immensely
grateful.
The Royal Parks
Foundation Half
Marathon also
provides CRY with a
great opportunity to
raise awareness of
the charity and its
aims, so we were
delighted to be able
to attend the event.
It was wonderful to
meet so many of our
justifiably
exhausted runners
and supporters in
person after the
race and present
them with well
earned goody bags
and greatly
appreciated
chocolate bars.
There was an
atmosphere of
achievement mixed
with emotion around
the meeting point.
Thank you to
all runners and
their families and
friends who came to
meet us.
Thank
you also to all CRY
supporters who took
photographs and
cheered our
runners on during
the day. If you
haven’t done so
already then please
send any photos you
have to
laura@c-r-y.org.uk.
Once again, we would
like to thank all of
our runners for
their huge effort in
completing this half
marathon and
fundraising for CRY.
Your time and
overwhelming support
are greatly
appreciated. So
far, this event has
raised at least
£22,000 for CRY
through online and
offline donations
and funds are still
coming in as online
fundraising pages
close. Thank you to
everyone who has
sponsored a CRY
runner for this
event. Your support
enables us to
continue to save
young lives.
Laura Murzell -
CRY Fundraising
Assistant
Next year’s Royal
Parks Half Marathon
will take place on
Sunday 10th October
2010. To register
your interest in the
public ballot for
next year’s event
please go to
www.royalparkshalf.com/runners/register-interest-for-2010.
Please also register
your interest with
CRY by e-mailing
Laura Murzell at
laura@c-r-y.org.uk
as we will have
a limited number
of charity places
available should you
be unsuccessful in
the public ballot.
