7 Marathons - 9 days to go !

It is now just over a week to go before Kevin starts on his epic journey of 7 Marathons in one week.  The plans have taken a huge leap forward this week thanks to the excellent input from the local coordinators in each of the countries in which we are running.


As mentioned in a recent posting, Belgium is the first leg and we are going to be running in Gent as part of the Gentloopt Marathon.  This will make a really exciting start for the event as it is a large organised marathon run with a large field running through the lovely city of Gent and surround areas.

After this we are off to Dongen in Holland.  The run in Dongen plans to take a long 35 km loop through the town and surrounding countryside.  After about 9 km we will call in to the town athletics centre where Kevin will run a number of laps around the track.  The event is scheduled to coincide with a Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Event being organised by the team at Dongen and we are expecting lots of support from the Town Officials and school children.




From Holland, we then fly to Stockholm where we have a lovely run around laps of a short 2.5 km loop route in the woods surrounding the plant at Jordbro, near Stockholm.









Following this, a short hop into Norway and a slightly longer 5km loop run around the quiet streets surrounding the plant at Lorenskog near Oslo.






It is then off to France where it looks like we will have ourt biggest event with something in excess of 50 runners joining Kevin for a run from the manufacturing plant at Grigny near Paris and around the picturesque Les Lacs de l’Essonne close to the plant.


We then have a day off the running as we fly from Paris, via London to Atlanta....so no real rest here !

Then things start getting really busy.  The run in Atlanta is at "Head Office" and takes in a lovely loop around the Chattahoochee River Recreational Area before finishing at Brumby Elementary School to tie into another Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability event.  The timing of the run in Atlanta is aimed to arrive at the school for 11am.....which means an early start at 6am for Kevin....and earlier for me to set things up.



After the run it is back to the airport to fly overnight back to the UK and our last run at Edmonton in North West London.  This one starts and finishes next to the Olympic Stadium and runs along the banks of the Lea Valley Navigation.  Once again we are tying in with a CRS event taking place at the site and hope to have lots of support from the staff at the site for Kevin.


As mentioned in my last post, this amazing feat is being attempted for Kevin's chosen charity Kidscape and we would welcome any support from anyone in the form of sponsorship through Kevin's Just Giving Website.

Keep watching here for lots more news over the next 2 and a bit weeks !!!!