In September 2009 Alan laced up his running shoes to run his 3rd marathon, this time in Berlin. Alan completed the 26.2 miles in a personal best of 3 hours 20 minutes and 19 seconds despite the marathon being held on a very hot sunny day. Even the men’s marathon world record holder, Haile Gebreselassie [...]
In September 2009 Alan laced up his running shoes to run his 3rd marathon, this time in Berlin. Alan completed the 26.2 miles in a personal best of 3 hours 20 minutes and 19 seconds despite the marathon being held on a very hot sunny day.
Even the men’s marathon world record holder, Haile Gebreselassie who was hoping to smash his world record struggled in the heat and failed to break his previous record of 2 hours 3 minutes and 59 seconds finishing in a time of 2 hours 7minutes and 4 seconds.
Alan yet again collected sponsorship towards this great achievement and all funds that were raised were donated to “The Insurance Charities”.
http://www.theinsurancecharities.org.uk/
When asked Alan said “I would like to thank all those that have sponsored me for their support for this great cause.”
Alan would like to complete all 5 World Marathon Majors – he has already achieved London, New York and Berlin leaving Chicago & Boston to run. Alan is due to run Chicago in October 2010 his target is to beat 3 hours 15 minutes in order to gain qualification for Boston Marathon in April 2011.
Alan Richardson At The Finish Line of The Berlin Marathon