Sonny Peart, Business and Professional Studies curriculum manager at Harrow College, has completed the Edinburgh Marathon in aid of the charity Myeloma UK.
Peart ran the 26.2 mile course in the Scottish capital in an incredible three hours 51 minutes and 38 seconds.
So far, Peart has raised £1,685.94 for Myeloma UK. The charity has particular significance for Peart as his mother was diagnosed last year with AL amyloidosis, a rare, incurable bone marrow condition in which abnormal proteins which the body cannot break down accumulate in various organs, gradually damaging their function.
Peart said that although the race was gruelling at times the whole experience was worth it.
“From the taxi driver who tried to get me close to the marathon start before nipping off to watch his girlfriend in the half marathon, to the EMF2014-finisher-T-shirt-clad folk dotting the city the day after the race, everyone conspired to make me and other runners feel welcome. I was even able to laugh inwardly when running past a house from which blared 500 Miles by The Proclaimers. No doubt they do that every year.
“I enjoyed my race, my time in Edinburgh and my months of training, supported by friends and family. [They] helped me improve my running beyond measure, and helped me raise more than £1500 for Myeloma UK.”
If you would like to sponsor Peart and donate money to Myeloma UK you can do so here: www.justgiving.com/sonny-peart.
Myeloma is a cancer arising from plasma cells, a type of white blood cell normally responsible for producing antibodies that help fight infection. In myeloma, these plasma cells become abnormal, multiply uncontrollably and release only one type of antibody which has no useful function.
Myeloma UK is the only UK charity focused on providing valuable information and support to people affected by myeloma. It has a strategic partnership with the National Amyloidosis Centre (NAC) at the Royal Free Hospital in London, the only centre in the UK specialising in amyloidosis.