Running A Marathon - In Your Racesuit & Helmet?!

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Young British Karting star Will Dendy was told running the 26.6 miles of the 2009 London Marathon in a race suit and helmet was impossible!

But Will Dendy knows that anything is possible if you put your mind to it. Running for The Children's Trust, and raising over £500, he completed the marathon in 4:54 hours despite suffering from cramps, and near heat exhaustion.

It was an absolutely incredible achievement! He had this to say -

“I decided to do the London Marathon for the Children’s Trust, which is the official charity of the Marathon this year, and decided to do it in my race gear to hopefully raise more money. I was told by some ex-SAS guys that if I ran in my race suit and helmet I would get heat stroke after 5 miles, but this goes to show that anything is possible if you put your mind to it.

It was mentally one of the hardest things I've ever done, since it was 22 degrees on the outside, and I had cramps for the last 13 miles. I will compete again in 2010 without my gear on and run it in under 3 hours.

The crowds provide such encouragement, clapping and cheering ‘C'MON STIG’ and “Some say he runs marathons”. I'd also like to thank everyone who has donated to the Children’s Trust so far!"

Will is accustomed to challenging the impossible as he prepares to race in the MSA British Karting Championship on the 8-10th May despite not having the large financial backing that is so common in the highest levels of karting. Racing the VRK kart chassis partnered with Iztech Kart Seats what lessons has Will learnt from his Marathon achievement that can be applied in KF1 -

"I've always believed that if you put your mind to something, anything is possible and completing the marathon dressed as I was just proves that point even more. People said for me to do TKM Super 1 would be impossible and I did it anyway. It was the same with the Marathon. Now
KF1 will be my next big challenge!"

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