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| |  BUPA Great South Run
Release Date: 10th October 2005
Over 2,000 Banana Army runners invaded the south coast for this year’s BUPA Great South Run on Sunday 9th September 2005, raising thousands of pounds for vital research.
With clear blue skies and a moderate temperature, runners tackled the 10-mile course in Southsea, Portsmouth, which has been voted one of the UK’s most popular road races by readers of Runners’ World magazine.
For many of the runners, the race had special significance. 45 year-old Paul Lambeth from Swindon took on his first ever race in memory of his daughter Gemma Suckling, who sadly died of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia this January, aged 19.
“Leukaemia Research is a charity very dear to me – Gemma would be proud of my efforts I’m sure. I needed no further inspiration to get to the finish line than to be running in my daughter’s memory,” says Paul.
Tasha Dyson, along with Harrow Hockey Club friends Helen Capp and Pat Nicholson, ran in memory of her dad and hockey-coach Chris Lendon, who lost his fight with erythroleukeamia, a rare form of leukaemia, in December 2004.
“Throughout his illness he was a real fighter and I used his spirit and determination to get through the 10-mile run and to raise lots of money for a very worthy cause,” says Tasha.
The Leukaemia Research celebrity team sponsored by TVTimes and Asics was also out in force. Celebrities including ex-Spooks and star of horror movie “The Descent”, Shauna MacDonald, took on the run helping raise funds and awareness for the charity.
For more information about the Banana Army and to join them on one of the sporting events next year, log on to www.banana-army.com
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