Virgin Money London Marathon
Why I’m running the Virgin Money London Marathon for dementia research
I’m a consultant at Mattioli Woods, a corporate partner of Alzheimer’s Research UK, and this October, I’ll be running the London Marathon to raise funds for groundbreaking research. Well, virtually anyway!
Launching the Dementia Revolution
We’re joining forces with Alzheimer’s Society for a special one-year campaign as Charity of the Year for the 2019 Virgin Money London Marathon
London Marathon 2017: ‘My father helped create it, my mother inspired me to run it’
Many were running for causes close to their hearts. Others wanted to win it. For me, it carried slightly more significance. For thirty-six years earlier, my father, along with his friend John Disley, dreamt up and organised the first ever London Marathon.
My parents in my pocket
On Sunday 23 April 2017 Siobhann took to the streets of London to run the London Marathon for Alzheimer’s Research UK, raising over £6,500. All the way round, she held onto a treasured photo of her parents.
Another year, another marathon
Last spring, Michelle White pulled on her trainers, donned her running vest and took on the London Marathon. She raised an incredible sum of over £4,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK, having seen the devastating impact of dementia in her family. Despite the pain and exhaustion, she’s signed up to do it again in 2017. We found out why…
Expert running tips from our marathon Q&A
We asked top running coach and expert Martin Yelling to host a Marathon Q&A with our #TeamARUK runners.
Marathon stories
We’ve some of our top photographs from yesterday’s Virgin Money London Marathon, with all of our heroes from TEAM ARUK (our 64 runners taking part) and the army of cheer squad members to help them along the way.
Good luck to all our TEAM ARUK runners
We’ve a good luck message for our fantastic Alzheimer’s Research UK runners at the Virgin Money London Marathon runners on 13 April 2014.
Why I’m running the London Marathon
Kevin Zokay-West tells us why he’s running this year’s Virgin Money London Marathon, raising funds for dementia research