Challenge of a lifetime – Terry runs New York Marathon

In the spring of 2008, Terry Gormley, Fire Training Academy Managing Director completed a trek to Mount Everest Base Camp.  It was there that he was told about the Hospice and after hearing of the amazing work they do to help care for sick children and the support they give to parents, that he decided he must do something to help.

Challenge of a lifetime

In June 2008 Terry began training for the New York Marathon. And there were just 18 weeks until the big day!

Working with a personal trainer, Terry began running regularly, gradually increasing the length of the runs and after a few injuries and 18 weeks – it was time to head for The Big Apple.

After delayed flights, slow taxis, a fire at the hotel and a four our wait on Staten Island in -1 degree Celsius, it was finally time for Terry to take on the challenge of a lifetime.

The marathon took Terry through the 5 boroughs of New York, and he completed the 26.2 miles in 5hrs 51 minutes.  Terry said “I was totally shattered and I must admit in tears of emotion.”

Terry and his running partner raised an amazing £12,000 for their two charities, the Bluebell Wood Hospice and Children with Leukaemia.