BBC1’s Run For Glory : Starring Adam Eason!
Have a good read of this article from the BBC about their new TV programme Run For Glory in which I featured in during March and April 2006. I helped the Run for Glory runners with overcoming psychological barriers to running the marathon. Read on for more information about Run for Glory.
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Athletic legends Steve Cram and Sally Gunnell have turned their attention to a new challenge this spring. Together they will train a group of 13 novice runners to compete in the London Marathon in a new show for BBC1; Run For Glory.
These would-be competitors have never attempted a marathon before! The young, the old, the overweight, the unfit, the smokers and the party animals all number among the particpants of Run for Glory. However, they all have one thing in common: they believe that if they complete the race their lives will change for the better.
Lost confidence will return, love lives will flourish and job prospects will improve.
Over a six-month training period under the guidance of former Olympians Cram and Gunnell, Run for Glory will follow every high and low, every test and triumph as the runners prepare for this great challenge.Each of the would-be athletes featuring in Run for Glory has a compelling and emotional story to tell - and a point to prove.
Run for Glory features a young man who wants to show the world that living with HIV is possible, a separated mum of two who is trying to rebuild her life after breast cancer and a former investment banker who became visually impaired after a serious road accident. And the series promises to reach an emotional denouement on Sunday, 23 April 2006, when the runners line up with 46,000 other contestants for the start of the London Marathon. Will they make it? How will they cope with the setbacks? You can follow their progress through the show, which runs every Thursday night on BBC1, starting on 2 March.
The 13 Run for Glory candidates are:
- Dean Smith, a financial adviser who is struggling to come to terms with his stepson’s suicide - running for The Samaritans / If U Care Share Campaign.
- JJ Luck, a 41-year-old party animal who has survived breast cancer - running for Breast Cancer Care.
- Clint Walters, a young man who wants to show the world that living with HIV is possible - running for Health Initiatives.
- Linda Ball whose son has Muscular Dystrophy and she wants to raise awareness for the disease - running for Muscular Dystrophy Campaign.
- Jerry Hodgson, a grandfather and former Royal Marine who is battling a virus that can cause paralysis - running for The Musgrove Special Baby Care Unit, Taunton Hospital.
- Julia Kerslake, a separated mum of two who is trying to rebuild her life after breast cancer - running for The Bob Champion Cancer Trust.
- Steve Dale, a bereaved accounts clerk who wants to date again - running for CRY.
- Preeti Brar, an overweight graduate who has always been bullied - running for ChildLine.
- John Dawson, a former investment banker who became visually impaired after a serious road accident - running for the Greater London Fund for the Blind and Merton Sports and Social Club for the Blind.
- Michelle Thomas, a binge-drinking chain-smoker who wants to change her current lifestyle - running for Number 28, a National Children’s Homes’ project.
- George Ikediashi, an overweight law graduate and drag queen - running for Shine Theatre Trust.
- Sarah and Jeremy Allen, a couple who have been married for 33 years and believe the only way they will succeed is to do the marathon together - running for The Guy Hilton Asthma Trust and The Alzheimer’s Trust.
So there you go: Run for Glory on BBC1, featuring yours truly Adam Eason, at the end of March (Thursday 30th on BBC1 7pm to be precise). Keep your eyes peeled. Remember, if you want to get a copy of the full technique that I used with the participants emailed directly to you for FREE, then please visit the contact us page of this website and email a request for it.
