Why run with Oxfam?
You will never forget it - that feeling as you swing past Buckingham Palace and into The Mall, 26 miles behind you, 200 yards to go. The cheering, the waving, the roar of the crowd, the bright colours, the ecstasy of finishing. You're a marathon runner. Never forget it.
Apply for a 2009 Marathon place
Taking on the Flora London Marathon is one of the most memorable and worthwhile things you’ll ever do. Run it with Oxfam, and we’ll be with you every step of the way.
Your first step: getting a place
There are two ways to run the Marathon with Oxfam. Firstly, there are our Gold Bond places. These are given to kind folk who agree to raise at least £2000 in sponsorship.
The other way is through the official ballot. To enter, you need to go to the London Marathon website and fill in the form. Then you'll find out in October if you've been lucky enough to get a place. If you do get one and want to raise money for Oxfam, please let us know. We'd love to have you on the team.
What’s in it for you?
Gold Bond runners get everything listed below when they join our team. Ballot runners get everything except the ones marked with an asterisk – but just raise £800 or more and
you’ll get those too.
Before the big day
- A briefing where you’ll be given expert advice about training,
nutrition, and fundraising - A direct number for our ever-friendly fundraising support team
- Monthly training tips by email
- A fundraising poster that makes it ludicrously easy to raise £150
- Details about an e-fundraising website, to make your life easier and help the money come flooding in
- The Oxfam running vest, in all its glory (make sure you wear it in before the Marathon)
- Access to all the wit and wisdom on Oxfam’s marathon forums at realbuzz.com.
During the run
- A cheering point for your friends and family, to make sure you don’t miss everyone who has come to watch you
- The cheers of dedicated Oxfam supporters, their pockets bulging with jellybeans.
And in the afterglow of success
- Entry to the post-race reception for Oxfam runners. Just yards from the finish line, it’s the perfect place to eat, drink and be massaged, and to meet up with friends and family*
- A nice, clean souvenir T-shirt, for you to show off in *
- A certificate to commemorate your achievement.
PLUS...
Raise £2,500 and we’ll take you on a tour of the Oxfam emergency warehouse, the nerve centre of our response during an emergency
* Ballot runners need to raise at least £800 before you get the benefits marked with an asterisk.
I'd
spent time in Uganda and Ethiopia and wanted to raise
money for a charity that worked against poverty. When
I was training, I thought about where the money would
go, and thought: "What am I moaning about? Stop moaning!
Just keep running.
Emma Matheson, Oxfam Marathon runner
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What difference can you make?
Raise £800
and your money could buy 350 mosquito nets
and we could buy 11 bicycle ambulances
