{"id":3560,"date":"2017-09-14T14:57:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T14:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/?p=3560"},"modified":"2017-09-14T14:57:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T14:57:34","slug":"runner-feature-lucy-marper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/runner-feature-lucy-marper\/","title":{"rendered":"Runner Feature – Lucy Marper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"RunnerName:<\/strong> Lucy Marper<\/p>\n

Age<\/strong>: 45<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: Bray<\/p>\n

Favourite distance<\/strong>: London marathon was my favourite race; followed by the Olympic Park 10k; & then Richmond to Brighton 100k….when I smiled the entire time!<\/p>\n

Favourite running shoe<\/strong>: Ascics<\/p>\n

Favourite clothing brand<\/strong>: Victoria Secrets Sports; 2XU; Under Armour<\/p>\n

I was inspired to raise money for Help For Heroes<\/strong> after ambassadors visited my place of work and shared their incredible stories – both with emotion and humour, it was incredibly humbling and so amazing to witness!<\/p>\n

It got me thinking what can I do to help support these Heroes, and so in 2016<\/strong> I decided to run 150 miles over 12 races<\/strong> and raised just under £2000<\/strong>. Having only started running in my 40’s this was a huge challenge and it’s only the start!<\/p>\n

In 2017<\/strong>, I wanted to continue my fundraising and thought how could I top this… how about double the mileage, and double the charities so more people benefit, and hopefully I get fitter! Therefore I’m running 300 miles, over 21 races<\/strong> over the year in aid of Help 4 Heroes<\/strong> and HeadsTogether<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I have selected a whole range of races , including 5k’s; 10k’s; 1\/2 marathons; full marathons; and 2 Ultra marathons (100k) to contribute to my total mileage. My first race was back in February and I have now completed a total of 18 races. They are coming thick and fast now and I have just completed my 2nd Ultra on September 9th – the Thames Path Challenge<\/strong> covering a huge 62.1 Miles<\/strong>! My final race will be the Great South 10 mile race in October.<\/p>\n

Having completed 18 races<\/strong> to date I have achieved three new personals best<\/strong> times in the 5k, 10k and Half Marathon!<\/p>\n

Lucy has raised an astounding far I’ve raised over £3000<\/strong> – <\/strong>And this is not the end!<\/p>\n

Follow Lucy’s fundraising page and sponsor her amazing effort HERE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Name: Lucy Marper Age: 45 Location: Bray Favourite distance: London marathon was my favourite race; followed by the Olympic Park 10k; & then Richmond to Brighton 100k….when I smiled the entire time! Favourite running shoe: Ascics Favourite clothing brand: Victoria Secrets Sports; 2XU; Under Armour I was inspired to raise money for Help For Heroes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":""},"categories":[54,16,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3560"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3565,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560\/revisions\/3565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}