Thank you to all our runners

A big thank you to all of our runners who took part in the London Marathon this year. You've raised over £50,000 to help deaf children.

If you were inspired by this year's run and would like to run next year, please sign up here. I’ve added the names of all of those who took part, it would be great if they could give their times and a couple of lines about how they felt the day went, by commenting below.

Katy Adams Sophie Addison Kasia Al Thani Laura Ashworth Derek Boyd Jason Bridges Sarah Chapman Robert Chevin Thomas Coggan Christopher Collins Beth Cooke Mark Crossan Sarah Davies Ross Deacon Mike Durham Kate Firkins James Foley Paul Gaffney Joanne Gallagher Gianpiero Garzelli Jason Geraghty Faye Glover Gary Glover Linda Grover Jon Haddrell Grace Imina Walter Kent Andrew Kilbey David Kilbey Rick Lucas Madeleine Maishman

Jamie Martin Nathan Martin Sean Martin Clifford Middleton Natasha Mills Marco Moruzzi Julie Mowbray Lindsay Nicol Ian Noon Peter O'Kane Marc O'Malley Patrick O'Neill Andrew Parkinson Alec Phillips Steven Preston Simon Pugh Jennifer Rogers Barbara Roope Glenn Sedgwick Karen Sheerin Andrew Smith Martin Spilsted Robert Stiles James Sumpster Sam Surrey Sandra Titley Kate Whitton Peter Whitton Karl Williamson Scott Withers Steven Wynne

Not so sure about running the marathon? We have a number of shorter runs that you might want to start with. In London we have the London 10K and the Royal Parks Half Marathon. 

Other running events include the Adidas Women's 5K Challenge in Liverpool, Birmingham and London. Those looking further afield we have places in the Berlin Marathon and the New York Marathon.

Taxi anyone?

Transport for London has made arrangements for free travel on the Tube and DLR for all runners and officials on race day from early morning until 17:00 (just show your race number or your officials’ course pass or tabard).

Even if you aren’t running, you can still follow the action by:

* Tube at the 11/12, 13 and 22, 14-21 and 22-24 mile points. Improvement works means you can’t change lines between Bank and Monument, except between the DLR and the Northern line
* DLR – with trains running as frequent as every 2½ minutes
* Bus and River bus

Alternatively, why not try walking or cycling to the marathon? These convenient and low-cost ways to get around London let you fit exercise into your daily routine.

Visit the TFL website for more information

Of course if you are not running the marathon this week but might be interested we have a number of shorter runs that you could try including the London 10K and the Royal Parks Half Marathon . Of course for those outside London we have the Great North Run and Adidas Women’s Challenge . For runners wanting to run further afield we also have places for the Berlin marathon and New York too.

Run Forest Run – the best running play list ever…

With the London Marathon on Sunday (13 April) we thought this week we would have a list of the tunes people might have on their Ipod while pounding the streets of London.

Two brave runners in our office have been kind enough to share their suggestions with us:

Sarah Chapman

Miles one to 10
Cinematic Orchestra – Breathe
Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators – Keep Reachin’ Up
The New Mastersounds – Stay on the Groove

Miles 10 to 20
Random Heroes – C’Mon and Get It
zeroDB – Anything’s Possible
Elektrons – Don’t Give Up

Miles 20 to 26
Shy FX – Shake It
Quantic Soul Orchestra – Pushing On
4Hero – Better Place

Support Sarah through her Justgiving page

Ian Noon

A golden olden: Bryan Adams – Run to you

One that I listen to cheer me up and keep me feeling sunshiny when I’m running for hours in sub zero temperatures with grey clouds all around is Deee-Lite’s Groove is in the heart

Finally, a cheesy classic – S Club 7 – Don’t stop moving

Support Ian through his Justgiving page

Please note that the songs selected may not reflect the musical taste of those individuals but are there to get them through the 26 miles or so…

Of course if you are not running the marathon this week but might be interested we have a number of shorter runs that you could try including the London 10K and the Royal Parks Half Marathon . Of course for those outside London we have the Great North Run and Adidas Women’s Challenge . For runners wanting to run further afield we also have places for the Berlin marathon and New York too.

Looking to run a marathon, cycle South Africa or trek the Andes?

This blog is aimed to give you an idea of some of the events we at NDCS Challenges have on offer while also giving examples of where our work is helping deaf children and their families.

We have different types of events on offer from Running, cycling to trekking and visiting such varied places as Everest Base Camp, Incas, The Himalaya, Great Wall of China and Kilimanjaro.

I work for NDCS, the National Deaf Children’s Society, it helps deaf children and ensures they and their families have the necessary support throughout their lives from birth until after they leave university.