12 October 2017

12 October 2017Royal Parks Half Marathon 2017

Sunday 8th October saw 14 brave individuals take on the Royal Parks Half Marathon in support of Ace Africa. We were so impressed with every runner, from novice to expert old-timers, each one bounding over the finish line, with some personal bests smashed along the way.

Ian & Emma Francis pre race!

Ian & Emma Francis pre race

Celebrating its 10th year, this 13.1 mile run winds through four of London’s most impressive Royal Parks – Hyde Park, Green Park, St James’s Park and Kensington Gardens in all of their autumnal splendour. Over 16,000 runners descended upon west London this year to run for over 400 great causes.

Lora smashing it at the 10k mark!

Lora smashing it at the 10k mark!

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Ace’s fastest runner, Joe Collenette, zoomed past the finish line at an incredible 1:40:51. Below are our top 6 Ace runners, all completing the race in under 2 hours. Congratulations to you all!

Runner Chip Time Chip Pos.
Joe Collenette 01:40:51 1618
Steve Wooddisse 01:41:55 1803
Jan Berdychowski 01:49:35 3492
Jack Dillon 01:55:45 5270
Dimitar D. Tanovski 01:59:17 6476
Georgina Pinkerton-Guyer 01:59:37 6578

We are delighted that our current fundraising total stands at almost £7,000. All funds raised from this run will go towards our programmes across Kenya and Tanzania and we would like to say a special thank you to all of our runners who went above and beyond to help raise these important funds for Ace’s expanding programmes across rural Kenya and Tanzania.

Joe, Steve & Damola

Joe, Steve & Damola

Jack proudly showing off his medal!

Jack proudly showing off his medal!

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If you would like to sign up to next year’s race or alternatively take part in The Big Half in March 2018 please email olivia.jarman@ace-africa.org.