Press Release - Edinburgh Marathon - 12/21/15

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Edinburgh will be 7th marathon in seven days for inspirational Paul Brown

The Edinburgh Marathon will be the final leg of Paul Brown’s incredible 
seven marathons in seven days challenge starting on the 23rd May 2016. Paul 
will be raising funds for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a hugely 
debilitating condition which results in muscle degeneration and premature 
death for young males. Step brothers Ben and Cameron, both ten years old, 
suffer from the condition. Paul would like to use some of the money to help 
fulfil Ben and Cameron’s wish list of things to do and places to go before 
their condition deteriorates further and they become reliant on feeding 
tubes and breathing apparatus.  

On the 29th May, Paul will line up with thousands of others in Edinburgh to 
tackle the 26.2 mile route which includes some breathtaking views of 
Edinburgh and the East Lothian coastline. Paul will already have covered 
over 157 miles since the start of the week and will line up in Edinburgh 
presumably exhausted from his exploits! He will need to draw on every bit 
of inspiration to complete the last leg of his challenge. 

Paul will also be raising funds for:

SANDS Lothian who support bereaved parents who have experienced the death 
of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or soon after birth.

The Tree Club, which is an after-school club for children with additional 
needs in West Lothian.

And The Fund a Wish Foundation which helps young people with a diagnosed 
long or short term terminal health condition that prevents them leading a 
normal life. They provide access to activities and wishes in the interests 
of social welfare to improve their quality of life.

The annual Edinburgh Marathon Festival will take place on 28/29 May 2016, 
with standard marathon entries set to close at midnight on 3rd January. To 
enter go to www.edinburghmarathon.com 

ENTRIES are open now for the Edinburgh Marathon Festival.

Second only to the London Marathon in terms of size, the Edinburgh Marathon 
Festival weekend on Saturday May 28 and Sunday May 29 2016 includes the 
full marathon as well as the half marathon, a 10K, a 5K, two junior races 
and the increasingly popular team relay marathon, affectionately called the 
Hairy Haggis Team relay.

Together with the Edinburgh Marathon Festival official charity, Macmillan 
Cancer Support and more than 200 other charities, the organisers are hoping 
to raise more than £4.5 million this May which will be the 14th Edinburgh 
Marathon Festival.

Standard entries for the full marathon close at the end of December 2015. 
The Edinburgh Marathon has joined the world’s elite road races by becoming 
the first in Scotland to be officially recognized by the International 
Association of Athletics Federations, the athletics governing body.The IAAF 
bronze label now puts the Edinburgh Marathon among the top 75 in the world 
making it a pivotal part of the sporting calendar for runners.

To enter go to www.edinburghmarathon.com

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