Consultancy Franchise Owner Braves Kilomathon

Auditel consultant Carl Windsor made history with over 4,000 other entrants who crossed the finishing line in the world’s first Kilomathon.

The race was over 16 miles and participants ate, in total, 5,000 bananas, drank almost 35,000 bottles of water and consumed over 4,000 Zipvit energy gels.

Consultancy franchise owner Carl Windsor comments: “The race entailed running from Nottingham to Derby. I was the 104th over 50 year-old to cross the line and came 1715th overall. Fortunately, I did not slip over on one of those 5,000 banana skins!”

Kilomathon England 2010, sponsored by Virgin Active, Inchcape Toyota and many others, is aiming to raise up to £1m for over 80 charities. These include the four official charities, Cancer Research UK, Macmillan Cancer Support, Hope for Children, and Rainbow’s Children Hospice.

Geoff Sims, chief executive of GSi Events, organisers of the Kilomathon, said: “The first Kilomathon has been a fantastic success. We wanted to create a road race that would be recognised as ‘the perfect race distance’.

“Thanks to the amazing support of all of those who have been involved - the runners, the volunteers, the spectators, local authorities and our sponsors, we believe that Kilomathon England has laid the foundations for a new classic race format. The future could see thousands of people around the world running Kilomathons every year, as well as marathons and half marathons.”

The event saw thousands of entrants come from all over the UK and Ireland. It attracted runners from European countries including Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, and the Netherlands. Some had even travelled from as far as the United Arab Emirates, Canada, USA and Brazil, such was the attraction of the opportunity to run in this unique road race event.