Marathon Man UK and Tango run in to St Andrew’s Prep
World record-breaking marathon runners Rob ‘ Marathon Man UK’ Young and Adam ‘Tango’ Holland brought the international Champions Walk for Peace to St Andrew’s Prep today on their 1900-mile torch relay around the country. Young and Holland started their ‘torch for humanity’ relay at the Great North Run in Newcastle on 13 September – one running with the torch, the other one cycling.
Young and Holland ran from Littlehampton to St Andrew’s Prep (42 miles) arriving bang on schedule at 1.45pm and gave an inspirational talk to the fascinated prep school followed by a jaw-dropping question and answer session. The runners were very generous with their time as they posed for photographs and gave autographs before the children lined the path and cheered and clapped them as they set off for Maidstone (47 miles).
Young holds the world record for completing the most marathons in a year (370) and, just weeks ago, finished the longest ever run without sleep (87 hours and running 373 miles). Young was also listed in the Independent on Sunday’s Happy List – highlighting 100 people who have helped to make the country a better place to live. Holland holds the world record for the fastest ten marathons in ten days.
The Champions Walk for Peace was launched in Kenya’s troubled North Rift Valley by some of the World’s top athletes in July. It was set up to raise funds to establish a ‘peace school’ and a peace-building education programme in the region to prevent more young people being drawn into ethnic violence which has left hundreds dead and driven hundreds of thousands from their homes.
To find out more about the Champions Walk for Peace, visit the facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/championswalkforpeace.
