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Leigh On Sea News: Ultimate Running Challenge – A LEIGH businessman is set to lace up his running shoes for the ultimate running challenge to raise funds for local hospice care.

Ultimate Running Challenge - A LEIGH businessman is set to lace up his running shoes for the ultimate running challenge to raise funds for local hospice care.

A LEIGH businessman is set to lace up his running shoes for the ultimate running challenge to raise funds for local hospice care.

Ellis Coulson is running the London Marathon this April for Havens Hospice, a charity renowned for providing exceptional care and support to individuals and families facing life-limiting illnesses.

Mr Coulson said: “I want to run for Havens Hospices because of the incredible care and support they provide to individuals and families facing life-limiting illnesses.

“Their work is truly inspiring, offering comfort and dignity to those who need it most.”

For Mr Coulson, this mission is more than just a charitable challenge, it hits close to home: “This cause is especially close to my heart as a family member is currently undergoing chemotherapy,” he explained.

“Seeing first-hand the impact of a serious illness on a loved one has made me even more passionate about supporting a charity that provides care, compassion, and relief to patients and their families during such difficult times.”

Mr Coulson, who is a sales director at Leigh’s Coulson James Estate Agents, has been preparing and training for the marathon, which will be taking place on April 27th.

He added: “Taking on the London Marathon for Havens Hospices is my way of giving back and making a difference.”

The London Marathon has become an annual fixture in the world’s sporting calendar since the inaugural race on 29 March 1981.

Over the years more than a million people have completed the 26.2-mile course – which runs from Blackheath to The Mall, with a finish line in front of Buckingham Palace.

Participants have raised over a billion pounds for charity throughout the event’s history – living up to its aim of helping participants “to have fun, and provide some happiness and sense of achievement in a troubled world.”

Picture: Ellis Coulson (left) preparing for the run.

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