MRSA Action UK: Ex Royal Marine runs in the London Marathon in memory of his Uncle

MRSA Action UK: Ex Royal Marine runs in the London Marathon in memory of his Uncle

MRSA Action UK: Ex Royal Marine runs in the London Marathon in memory of his Uncle

Ex Royal Marine Carl Millington will run the London Marathon in memory of his Uncle Colin Law who died one day before his 33rd Birthday from MRSA.

Carl will also be running four marathons in aid of Help for Heroes. We asked Carl to tell us more about running the Marathon, his rigorous training, and what it means to him.

“In the Royal Marines we used to run every day, sometimes carrying large amounts of equipment and some days carrying nothing at all. However when you do this for a living you tend to not appreciate it very much, and to be honest when I got some down time, running was the last thing on my mind. However, now that I am a fully fledged Civilian I have no excuses. Deciding to run the marathon for MRSA has changed my attitude to training, no longer do I go the gym and throw some heavy weights about, but I have started doing lots more running, I have even dragged the Missus (Nicola) along, and I think she’s starting to enjoy it too. Every time I run I vary the distance and tempo, some days I do short fast runs and other days I do long slow ones. The hardest part about training is finding the time, I am a Personal Trainer in London and at the moment I spend more time telling people how to run than I run myself.

“Earlier on this year I did the adidas half marathon as a tool to gauge my fitness, this was also the first ever civilian race I have participated in. I finished in the sub two hour group as planned, however the old knee was playing up a bit and caused me a little bit of trouble. Fully aware that my knee might slow me down a bit in the upcoming marathon, I am not phased, after all, when I look at those coming back from Afghanistan with no legs and arms, I think myself lucky. This brings me nicely on to my next adventure. Myself and two other lads are going to attempt four marathons in four days over the lake district, raising money for Help for Heroes, for more info visit Justgiving.com and go to the 4 x 4 Challenge – Four Marathons in Four Days, or go to the sponsor a friend box and type in Dan Clements, who is one of the other runners.”

We will be cheering you on Carl.

To sponsor Carl visit his fundraising page.

Derek Butler
Chair
MRSA Action UK

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derek.butler@mrsaactionuk.net
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