Hi all,

I have been selected by Great Ormond Street Hospital to run the London Marathon 2023 with them! This will be my first ever marathon and although it isnt until April, I have already started training!

GOSH is very dear to my heart as they saved my brother life when he had leukemia, so I am very excited to raise money on their behalf. Please have a read through my story and donate what you can: 

https://2023tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/tom-nicholls

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Nice one Tom - and duly donated mate.... ? 

Thanks Richard!

Bumping to twist peoples arms into donating!

Good Luck, have donated.

15 hours ago, Bones28 said:

Good Luck, have donated.

Thank you!

Another shameless bump to raise awareness and donations!

Last weekend I took part in the Brighton Half Marathon and beat my PB by 25 minutes! Official time was: 2hours 8minutes 13seconds

Please donate to my cause at: https://2023tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/tom-nicholls

Ran the Eastbourne half marathon, but ran the 8k to the start line as some distance training! 

Official time was 2hours 23minutes 43seconds.

Please donate to my cause for Great Ormond Street Hospital

https://2023tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/tom-nicholls

Sorry for the late update. I know its a few days after the London Marathon, but I finished it and had to go straight to work all week!

On Sunday the 23rd April, I ran the marathon. I reached my goal of running the whole 26.2 miles, no walking! I did have to stop for a pee 3 times, but made sure I ran to and from the portaloos. I wasnt aiming for a time, but my time ended up being 5 Hours 19 Minutes 27 Seconds! I'm happy with that! I struggled at 25km, 38km, 39km and 40km, but the crowd, my father and wife who were there, all the donations and messages from people and talking to myself(!) got me through it! Even @Joely P was there!

The atmosphere was incredible, it was like a 26 mile long street party, bars, shops, restaurants, cafes were all open and customers crowded on the pavements cheering the runners on. People setup anything from Bluetooth speakers to full DJ equipment to blast music and cheer people on. some of the pubs were handing free pints to some of the less serious runners as they passed!

I reached my goal of £2000, so far the total is £2416, so a massive thank you to everyone here who donated and if you haven't, you are more than welcome to do so with the link below. Every penny is going to Great Ormond Street Hospital to help children with medical issues to have the best treatment they can.

https://2023tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/tom-nicholls

Edited April 28, 20232 yr by TheRealNips

Well done Tom! I'm full of admiration to those who can run 26 miles - I don't know how you do it.

PS Gotta love the hair!

I'm not sure how I did it either, but glad I did! Just need to make sure I don't get the bug now... 😆