Sunday 6 September saw a beautiful clear, bright, cool morning dawn for the Maidenhead Half Marathon.
The participation in the race was the idea of Rotarian Yash Maudgil as part of the drive for the Dementia Care Nurses (a community interest company, formed by members of the three local Rotary clubs) which is raising £50,000 for a specialised Dementia and Alzheimer’s nurse in Maidenhead.
Our intrepid team of runners: Yash Maudgil, Sean Egan, Stephan Stephan & Neil Gow, representing the three Rotary clubs of Maidenhead, joined about 1,600 others in setting off from Maidenhead Town Hall to run the 13.5 miles around Maidenhead and Cookham. Our Rotaract club provided stewards and helpers. The course is very picturesque, and with the day being bright and sunny, the run was very colourful with the participants dressed in their running kit and the countryside at its best just before Autumn.
The race was started by the television weather presenter Helen Willetts who wished all the participants good luck. Our team placed themselves in the rear echelon because (as Sean explained) its much more of an incentive to be able to overtake runners in front of you! As it was our intrepid team of runners finished in very good times from 1 hour 48 minutes to 2 hours 30 minutes.
We congratulate the team on their stirling efforts in raising sponsorship for the “Admiral Nurse for Maidenhead” fundraising project and raising the profile of the cause to the people of Maidenhead.
The participation in the race was the idea of Rotarian Yash Maudgil as part of the drive for the Dementia Care Nurses (a community interest company, formed by members of the three local Rotary clubs) which is raising £50,000 for a specialised Dementia and Alzheimer’s nurse in Maidenhead.
Our intrepid team of runners: Yash Maudgil, Sean Egan, Stephan Stephan & Neil Gow, representing the three Rotary clubs of Maidenhead, joined about 1,600 others in setting off from Maidenhead Town Hall to run the 13.5 miles around Maidenhead and Cookham. Our Rotaract club provided stewards and helpers. The course is very picturesque, and with the day being bright and sunny, the run was very colourful with the participants dressed in their running kit and the countryside at its best just before Autumn.
The race was started by the television weather presenter Helen Willetts who wished all the participants good luck. Our team placed themselves in the rear echelon because (as Sean explained) its much more of an incentive to be able to overtake runners in front of you! As it was our intrepid team of runners finished in very good times from 1 hour 48 minutes to 2 hours 30 minutes.
We congratulate the team on their stirling efforts in raising sponsorship for the “Admiral Nurse for Maidenhead” fundraising project and raising the profile of the cause to the people of Maidenhead.