Scottish SPCA Chief Executive Kirsteen Campbell ran the London Marathon for Scotland’s animal welfare charity in a fantastic 4 hours and 39 minutes.
Kirsteen said, “The London Marathon was an amazing experience and the encouragement and support throughout my training and on race day was incredible!
“Since joining the charity last year I’ve been amazed at how dedicated and passionate our team is.
“The marathon, although extremely challenging, was great. It’s true what people say about it having such an incredible atmosphere. All the spectators were so enthusiastic and encouraging which really helped as it was a struggle at points due to the warm temperature.”
Sharon Comrie, superintendent of the Society’s animal rescue and rehoming centres, said, “Although we couldn’t be with Kirsteen on the day, we were all cheering her on and are very impressed with her dedication.
“We all think that Kirsteen’s efforts are incredible, and we are bursting with pride too.
“This is such an amazing challenge to take on and we’re extremely grateful to Kirsteen for her hard work and dedication to the cause.
“Kirsteen raised £2691.06 from her mammoth run which will help us rescue and rehabilitate even more animals in Scotland.
“We rely solely on the generosity of the public to help us continue rescue and rehabilitating animals across Scotland and events like these really do help us save lives.”
For more information on Scottish SPCA fundraising events please email fundraising@scottishspca.org or call fundraising on 03000 999 999 (option 4).
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
