Run the Brighton Marathon for Pride

Are you running the Brighton Marathon on Sunday 18th April 2010?  Then why not join the growing number of people running and raising money for Pride in Brighton and Hove?

Pride in Brighton & Hove is calling out to ANYONE who is running the Brighton Marathon to raise sponsorship for us. By raising funds through sponsorship you will be helping us promote equality and diversity, eliminate discrimination against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) community and to develop an environment in favour of LGBT equality by providing information, advice and support.

We would like to support and publicise you on our website, following your progress through your training and on the day. 

If you would like to join us then please get in touch via emails: or call 01273 775939 with your details. We’ll help you set up a justgiving page, set up a profile for you on our website and catch up for regular updates.

Who's running for Pride

Philip Warford will be running and raising money for Pride, here is his story...

At the end of August, having heard that a lot of my friends were running the first ever Brighton Marathon I thought I would register and see if I was selected in the public ballot. I logged onto the website, gave my credit card details and before I knew it, had an email saying I had a place. What I failed to pay attention to was that places were on a first come first served basis and not like the London Marathon where it was a public ballot!

So, having secured a place, albeit, unwittingly, I thought I would start doing the odd jog on the treadmill at the gym, to start getting myself prepared. I did the London Marathon in 1998 but dislocated my knee cap whilst running so promised myself I would never do something so stupid again….. oh how the memory fades.

The odd jog was going ok for a few weeks, but the old knee is starting to hurt again and is now badly swollen. So I am taking cod liver oil capsules and need to get myself to a physio quickly. I tried glucosamine tablets but they don’t seem to like me.

So here I am, it’s now coming up to October, I’ve done a couple of 10k’s on the treadmill but injury has stopped training for a bit. Hopefully I will be back on track soon.

Good news though is that the weight is dropping off – yippee!

Phil x

Please help Phil and Pride by donating on his JustGiving page: http://www.justgiving.com/Philip-Warford