Gareth Hart

Gareth Hart, Partnership Development Manager, Cherry Willingham School Sports Partnership

Eight weeks prior to the Lincoln to Sleaford marathon, Oliver Brookes and myself decided to attempt this challenging event. With a reasonable amount of core fitness as a base (gained from football and cycling etc), and eight weeks of running training, we were able to run the marathon in 4 hours 8 minutes. Not a great time in the grand scheme of things, but for two first time marathon runners running in a mainly off-road marathon, it felt like somewhat of a good achievement. Two days following the event both of us were able to play a full 90 min match of football with no endurance issues.

We both put the success of completing the marathon in a reasonable time and making a full recovery in a short space of time down to the fact that we used Orbana Healthy Energy. Thanks so much! Gareth and Oliver