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Leggit run 2010 London Marathon

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Great News! This year Leggit team member Sam is running the full 26.2 miles of the Virgin London Marathon 2010.

Sam, Leggit

Sam, Leggit

This just 16 weeks to go until the big event, Sam has started training hard and is aiming for a sub 4 hour time. In between training he’s going to be keeping us up to date with a running diary so you can track his progress online

Click here to read Sam’s Running Diary

Leggit’s resident Personal Trainer Pete Morton has been hard at work and has devised two new training programmes to help Sam and any other runners to complete a marathon distance – so whether this is your first marathon – or if you’re a more experienced runner looking for a faster time, we have something which can help you along the way.

In running the marathon, Leggit have decided to support two charities this year, one at home and one abroad. All fundraising is going through Just Giving. If you are a Leggit fan and have found our training programmes and running guides useful, any donations you can make to our charities would be much appreciated. Details on this years selected charities are below…

Five Talents

Five Talents is a charity which supports micro finance initiatives through providing small loans and training to entrepreneurs looking to set up their own businesses in countries where this help is not available from the government. They currently run schemes in countries such as Uganda, Tanzania, Dominican Republic, India and Bolivia.

We were introduced to Five Talents by www.fairinvestment.co.uk and really love the fact that they are all about empowering local entrepreneurs to help themselves and also that a small amount can have a direct impact on so many lives. A loan of £100 can help to set up a small Business providing 1 person with a job for 6 months and will help them support 5 family members.
Click here to donate to Five Talents

Help For Heros

The other charity we are raising money to support is Help for Heroes, a great cause which raises money support members of the armed forces who are wounded in combat. Help for Heroes do a fantastic job of improving the lives of individuals who have sacrificed so much and for supporting the recovery and care for servicemen and women post combat.

As several members of the Leggit team have friends and family within the forces – many of whom have been out to Iraq and Afghanistan in the past few years this is a cause close to our hearts and the chance to make a real different here on the home front.
Click here to donate to Help for Heroes

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New Training Guide Released – Free Intermediate Marathon Training Programme

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

FREE Sub 4 Hour Marathon Training Guide

With this years London Marathon looming, the Leggit team have been working hard to put together a FREE Intermediate training programme for runners looking to complete a Marathon in a Sub 4 hour time.

Pete, Our Resident PT

Pete, Our Resident PT

Our programmes are written by our resident Personal Trainer Pete Morton who specialises in running and span a 16 week period ( just enough time to get your training up to scratch for the Virgin London Marathon if you’re quick!)

The programme will test your ability to pace yourself and helps you learn to train at an easy, medium and hard pace (rather than flat out all of the time) which will help you to not only complete the distance, but also cross the finish line in a commendable sub four hour Marathon time.

In addition to the programme, you also have the added support of tracking the progress of Sam, a member of the Leggit.co.uk team who is attempting the London Marathon for the first time in 2010.

Click here to Visit Sam’s Running Diary

Click here for your FREE Intermediate Marathon Training Programme

Feel like a sub 4 hour time may be a little ambitious? Keen to try a Marathon but never done one before? Maybe our Beginner’s Marathon Training Guide would be better for you.

Click here for your FREE Beginner’s Marathon Training Programme

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New Training Guide Released – Free Beginners Marathon Training Programme

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Click here for your FREE Beginner’s Marathon Training Programme

With less than 4 months to go until the Virgin London Marathon 2010 Leggit have been hard at work putting together a training programme for the long distance runners out there who are looking to attempt a Marathon in 2010.

Our beginners programme is ideal for those completing their first ever marathon and will build your stamina up to this distance over a sixteen week period.

As well as the support of the programme, you’ll also be pleased to know that one of Leggit’s own team members Sam is running the London Marathon this year so you’ll be able to follow his progress through his weekly training diary.

Click here to Visit Sam’s Running Diary

Pete, Our Resident PT

Pete, Our Resident PT

A training programme is a great way to keep motivated and to build up your strength and speed slowly and safely – 26.2 miles is no walk in the park and the last thing you want is to over exert yourself and cause an injury. Our training programmes are written by our resident Personal Trainer Pete Morton who specialises in running. The training programme teaches you how to pace yourself and trains you to recognise the difference between running at a easy, medium or hard pace (rather than flat out all of the time).

So what are you waiting for? Why not download Leggit’s FREE Beginner’s Marathon Training Guide today?

Click here for your FREE Beginner’s Marathon Training Programme

Already completed a Marathon and looking for a more challenging programme to help improve your time? Why not try our Intermediate Marathon Training programme, which will help you complete a Sub 4 hour marathon in sixteen weeks.

Click here for your FREE Intermediate Marathon Training Programme

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‘Shining’ at night for Cancer Research UK

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

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Cancer Research UK have just announced “Shine” their newest fundraising event taking place on Saturday, 17th April 2010.

Shine is Cancer Research UK’s first night time marathon walk, taking place in the illuminated city of Manchester! The event will feature 5000 participants taking part in a “procession of light” which will pass through many of the cities famous landmarks – including Old Trafford and the Town Hall.

Shine is not just unique in the fact that its the first walking marathon organised by Cancer Research UK, it also give participants the option of selecting which specific area of Cancer Research they would like to see their fundraising efforts support. The research areas for participants to choose from include breast, lung, and prostate, amongst others (there are 12 research areas in total) and entrants also have the option of fundraising for research into all types of cancer.

As well as a choice over which area of Cancer Research they can support, Shine also gives participants the chanced to choose their distance. There are two routes available, a Half Marathon at 13.1 miles or the full marathon at 26.2 miles.

Clive Sanders, Senior Events Manager at Cancer Research UK has said that he hopes Shine’s supporters will

“embrace Shine with as much enthusiasm as they have our other fundraising events such as Race for Life and Run 10k. We would encourage everyone to enter and pledge to raise as much money as possible for vital research into cancer.”

With one in three of us diagnosed with cancer at some point in our lives the road is travelled by many, yet everyone’s cancer journey is unique to them, whether they are affected directly or through family and friends. While Shine is one event for thousands of people, participants can choose the length of their route and which cancer to fundraise for so that their Shine experience can be unique to them.” he says

Whilst not a full blown run, a walking marathon is definitely more hardcore than a simple “walk in the park” and training for this event is definitely worthwhile. If you’re a keen runner why not incorprate this into your existing training schedule as part of a wider training plan?

More information is available from https://shine.cancerresearchuk.org/. Registrations for Shine, Manchester 2010 started on 19th October 09 so what are you waiting for? The cost is £30 and the walk starts at 10pm on Saturday 17th April.

Click here to SHINE for Cancer Research and register today!

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Flora London Marathon – New Course Record!

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Samuel Wanjiru, the Kenyan Olympic Champion took the gold in this morning’s Flora London Marathon setting a new course record – two hours, five minutes and nine seconds. An incredible average pace of 12.54 miles per hour! By comparison, the average person runs a mile in just over ten minutes 7 seconds less than half of Wanjiru’s average mile which calculates at approximately four minutes forty seven seconds, putting him at over twice as fast the average human!

It was a tense race between Wanjiru and Ethiopian Tsegay Kebede who was hot on his tail for the final three miles of the race as the two Olympians battled it out for Gold. Wanjiru’s desire to win was overwhelming in the London Marathon’s final miles, with each fearful glance over his shoulder assessing Kebede’s position and spurring him on with a new energy to take the first place.

Kebede walked away with silver and a time of 02:05:20 and in third place was Moroccon Jaouad Gharib at 02:05:27. Andy Jones was the first Brit over the line in 13th place at 2:15.20.

British Mara Yamauchi from Oxford took second place out of the women and 20th place overall with a time of 2 hours, 23 minutes and 12 seconds, about a minute behind German Irina Mikitenko who took the women’s Gold in the London Marathon for the second year running with a time of 2:22:11.

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