16:38 Rachael Brown 23, Terene Stevens 41, Simon Purcell

Paul Langford,
31
Portsmouth
Paul, who lives in Southsea, is running after he witnessed family members
suffering from heart related illnesses - and an old school friend who had
heart procedures at the young age of 30. Both Paul and his wife have had
relatives who have thankfully recovered from heart attacks. Paul said "It is
important to give something back to a charity that invests heavily into
encouraging and supporting healthy lifestyle initiatives and explore ways of
preventing heart disease."
Heart
Research UK
Thom Sheehan
Bromley, Kent
Whilst Thom was growing up, he was a youth volunteer (Cadet) for the St
John Ambulance (1998-2005). Nearly every year he would go to the
London Marathon as a volunteer first aider with the St John Ambulance
and provide basic first aid. Thom found the whole experience and
atmosphere of the London Marathon inspiring and exciting - making the
decision as a teenager that one day he would run the London Marathon.
Thom had a fairly amateur interest in running as a member of his
secondary school running club and continued running, keeping fit with a
gym membership. When he received his 'Accepted' magazine he was over
the moon. Excited by this opportunity he began his training early and
competed in the Jane Tomlinson's Run For All Leeds 10K in July 2012.
Then a few weeks ago on the evening of Monday 24th September 2012,
Thom was admitted to hospital via A&E with severe abdominal pains. He
was diagnosed with appendicitis and operated on the next day and was off
work recovering for a period of 5 weeks. On Thursday 27th September he
returned home to find his London Marathon Acceptance. His Aunt has
been diagnosed with oesophageal and stomach cancer and is currently
going through 8 rounds of chemotherapy before being reassessed. As a
result of this he has decided to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support
and Cancer Research UK.
Macmillan
Cancer
Support,
Cancer
Research UK
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