London Marathon 2008

On Sunday 13th April seven of our supporters joined 34,000 hardy souls to run 26.2 miles across the capital.

We are delighted that all of the runners successfully completed the course. Now that they have recovered fully from their exertions a few of them have given us their personal accounts of the whole experience:

"After 23 weeks of religiously following my training programme I still managed to feel like I was not quite ready for the "big run" on 13th April. However, I was spurred on by the crowds of people lining the route with jelly babies and shouting out encouragement. The first 13 miles were enjoyable(!) but after that things began to get painful and being caught in a hail storm certainly didn't help. However, by sheer determination, knowing that every mile completed would help the EBT to do even more work for the children of Nepal and not letting a giant banana overtake me, I managed to reach the finish line in 4hrs 37 mins."
(Fiona Maslin from Hart Brown Solicitors)

"Despite not being able to walk for a week, and then having x-rays taken of my knee to find that my knee caps have moved out of line, I can wholeheartedly say that every step taken over the 26 miles was worth it knowing that all the money raised was benefiting the children in Nepal. Reaching our fundraising target was tough, but a Krispy Kreme doughnut sale at work went down a treat. It was a life long ambition and achievement to cross the finish line and I was proud to be one of the small team of runners supporting The Esther Benjamins Trust and wearing their t-shirt."
(Tim Knight from Ramboll Whitbybird)

Thank you!

Our thanks go out to Ann Nolan, George Boyle, Thomas Kveiborg, Daniel Woodier, Tim Knight, Loretta Walker and Fiona Maslin for all their hard work in training for and participating in the Marathon. They have now raised a grand total of £19,124 which is just incredible.

We would like to place on record our heartfelt thanks to Mark Whitby and the rest of the team at Ramboll Whitbybird. for their continued support of our work.

Also a huge thank you is due to The Body Shop and Space NK and for their kind support in donating some of their fabulous products for our goodie bags.


London Marathon 2009

We only have a very small number of Golden Bond places available for next year's event so if you are interested in taking part to help raise funds for our work please do try and apply for a ballot entry through the London Marathon website

If you are unsuccessful in obtaining a place through the public ballot but still wish to support our work through this exciting event please do contact us.

Alternatively, if you already have a place in the 2009 Flora London Marathon and would like to raise vital funds for The Esther Benjamins Trust please contact us. We will send you a fundraising pack and support in the months leading up to the event.