After compiling a list of ‘Things to Achieve in Life’ during 2006, Steven Trundle (The Tuscan Organisation Düsseldorf) decided that running a Marathon was something that he would love to accomplish. Having always been a keen sportsman, he relished the challenge of running 42kms; however the most running he had done prior to beginning his training was 90 minutes on a football field!
Steven’s plan was to train 4 times a week, every week from January, eventually working his way up to full marathon distance. The plan was perfect but the execution, unfortunately, was not.
Steve’s training was sporadic at best and with only 3 weeks left alarm bells started ringing. It was time to train. As an extra motivation during the run and reason to train, Steve had already made a commitment to raise sponsorship money and donate it all to internationally renowned charity Save the Children. Steven has a personal interest in Save the Children after overseeing a marketing campaign conducted by Tuscan Marketing in Ikea stores and is well aware that every pound and euro raised goes to help a great cause.
After running 50/60km per week for the 3 weeks leading up to the big day, Steve felt confident and ready for the challenge.
On the day itself the weather conditions were by no means perfect for a marathon, blazing sun and temperatures in excess of 26 degrees would put anyone’s stamina, will-power and endurance to the test. Waiting at the starting line Steve begun to wonder if he had trained hard enough to finish the Marathon in less than his target time of 4 hours.
With the streets of Düsseldorf lined with thousands of supporters, the atmosphere reached fever-pitch when the start siren sounded and Steve set off on his first ever Marathon, all that was left to do was to concentrate on the task ahead and keep running!
Throughout day Steve was cheered on by friends and supporters from The Tuscan Organisation in Düsseldorf, including Managing Director Michael Scully.
After battling with the heat and exhaustion, Steve crossed the finish line in 3 hours 52 minutes and 50 seconds and raised almost 600€ for Save the Children. The support Steve received from everybody was without a doubt a major factor in completing the run and also the knowledge that his efforts on the day were helping to change and save peoples lives.
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