Farm Africa runners take the London Marathon by storm!

Last Sunday, 15 fighting fit Farm Africa runners took on one of the greatest sporting challenges the UK has to offer – the 2012 Virgin London Marathon. Cheered on by a loyal bunch of supporters, the runners were the quickest set of Farm Africa supporters on record, with five runners clocking up a time of less than 4hrs!

This year our team included runners from the company SABMiller, who have chosen Farm Africa as their charity of the year, a vet, two intrepid runners who completed the epic run dressed as a cow and a Leopard and a host of other fundraising heroes.

Dr Matthew Crisp, one of Farm Africa’s running team said “This is the third time I’ve run for Farm Africa. I run for them because they are so positive and seem to be able to get to the root of a problem – in this case hunger – and come up with solutions that really work.

“As always the marathon has been an overwhelmingly positive experience. All along the route there were people calling my name!”

Rosie Rendall, a Farm Africa volunteer said “I love watching the London Marathon; it’s a great opportunity to get out there and show our runners how much they mean to us. We cheered out hearts out!”

So far, the runners have raised a fantastic £25,000 and they are still going! Thanks to all of our runners, they are absolute superstars!

If you are interested in running the London marathon for Farm Africa, please join in online or contact the Community and Events team on 0207 0440 430 or [email protected]