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- Wali Mohammad
Khail // An interpreter
for the British Army, Wali
lost his sight in one eye
when an IED exploded
next to him. He’s running
for Help for Heroes. - H arr y Vowle s // ‘The
rhino’ is running for Save
the Rhino International
and is hoping to bag the
Guinness World Record
title for fastest marathon
dressed as a three-
dimensional animal (male),
which stands at 5:15. - Leon Cerrone //
London will be Leon’s first
26.2, but the former boxer
has some rapid 13.1s under
his belt and feels ready
to step up. His A-goal is
sub-3:00. - Nina Tully // Told she
would never run again
after a severe broken
hip, Nina underwent
surgery and 18 months of
recovery, and then took
her ballot-place letter to
her two-year check-up.
She is running for The
Chaseley Trust, who care
for a friend. - Rebekah Grayson //
Having vowed never
again, this is Rebekah’s
third VMLM. She’s raised
over £6,000 for The
Lullaby Trust, in the
memory of a friend’s
daughter, who died from
SIDS. She also leads a
women’s running group
that inspires others to
achieve what they never
thought possible. - Azim Walimia //
Azim will be running his
first 26.2 to raise money
for orphans in need. - Simon Kimber //
Reaching The Mall will
complete a journey that
has seen Simon lose over
10 stone and transform his
life through running.
Having lost two grand-
parents to cancer, both of
whom were supported by
Macmillan palliative care
nurses, he’ll be raising
money for Macmillan
Cancer Support.- Paula Shrimpton //
Paula’s hoping to have
a wonderful time in her
first marathon while
raising money for VICTA,
which supports blind and
partially sighted children
and their families. - Paul Watson // In
2005 a double leg break
left the sporty 25-year-old
struggling to walk. Told
he’d never run again, he
became depressed, but
with the support of his
wife, Claire – and a new
physio – he regained
mobility. Running London
will fulfil a childhood
dream. He is raising cash
for the NSPCC. - Lucy Cookman //
Lucy is running for all
those people whose sight
or hearing affects them
every day, raising funds
for Deafblind UK, who
helped her grandmother
remain independent when
she lost her sight. - Emma Burrows //
Having wanted to run
London since watching
it on TV aged seven,
Emma will be fulfilling
a dream and raising
cash for Alzheimer’s
research in memory
of her grandparents. - Reanne Birch //
Running for Macmillan
Cancer Support to say
thanks for the support
they give her mum in her
fight with the disease. - Barinderjit Singh
Cheema // The man with
the best run handle ever
- usingh_bolt – is running
for The British Heart
foundation after a work
colleague died from a
heart attack last year.
- Lizzie Fox // Lizzie
saw her friend, Fred, for
the last time on the day of
the 2018 VMLM. She’ll be
thinking of him, both her
grandmothers and others
every step of the way,
while raising money for
Cancer Research UK.- David Upton //
Having experienced his
own struggles with mental
health, it’s a battle David
understands and wants to
fight in any way he can, so
he’s running to support
MIND and their essential
work helping people
to stay afloat in our
challenging world. - Chloe Giltrow Shaw //
After losing her mother
and grandfather to
pancreatic cancer, Chloe
is running London in
memory of them and
to raise money for
Pancreatic Cancer UK. - Rachel Webster //
Rachel will be running to
raise money for The Lily
Foundation, in memory of
her niece, who died from
mitochondrial disease
aged just eight months. - Ploy Ramyananda //
Running for her dad – her
‘true hero’ – who died
from a stroke, and raising
money for the Stroke
Association. - Dave Mantle // After
running 3:00:32 in 2017
Dave was hoping for sub-3,
but a plantar injury means
he’s now in a race to get
to the start line healthy.
25, 26. Jacquie Millett
and Martin Langlands //
This will be 66-year-old
Jacquie’s 189th marathon
and eighth London, but
this year will be extra
special – she’s an RW
pacer. Her husband,
Martin, can’t wait to run
VMLM, as it’s part of a
bigger goal – it will be his
fifth of the Abbott World
Majors and he’s aiming to
complete the set of six in
Boston next year.(^5) No.
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