AN ALLOA man will run the London Marathon to raise money for charity in memory of a former neighbour.
Kenny Galloway has been training for the event for the past few months after inadvertently signing himself up for it.
He told the Advertiser: “My auntie has ran marathons for years and she’s always said you had to apply for the London Marathon for years [to have any chance of getting in].
“My friend ran the marathon last year and I signed up to get notifications of how he was getting on and then I got an email asking if I wanted to do it.
Kenny is raising money for Cardiac Risk in the Young: Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) in memory of Mitchell MacPherson who died in June last year at the age of 33.
“I had spoken to him earlier that day, he had been away to the gym. I’ve never done anything like this before and I thought I may as well raise money for charity.
“He was only my neighbour for a few years but he made a big impression on me, like he did to whoever he met.
“Having spoken to his fiancé Donna, she told me how much this charity did for her and their wonderful son Mitchy in the aftermath.”
Not only is Kenny raising money for a great cause, his endeavour has benefitted his health too.
Visit tinyurl.com/bdhs3b9k to donate to Kenny’s fundraiser.
