Five friends to fundraise £25,000 in memory of marathon fatality
FRIENDS of the late businessman, Matthew Good – who died running a marathon – have joined forces to raise money for his foundation.
Managing director of WJ Group, Mark Eggleston and managing director of RE:Group Paul Waine have teamed up with Richard Eggleston, Lucy Eggleston and Driffield-based Sam Havler to create the Four Tortoises and a Hare group.
The team hopes to raise £25,000 for two charities close to their hearts at the Hull Marathon and the Great North Run this Sunday.
Matthew Good was just 32 when he collapsed due to heat exhaustion, less than a mile from the end of the 2011 Humber Bridge half marathon. Set up in his memory, the Matthew Good Foundation is now spearheading the International Institute of Race Medicine which aims to improve safety in marathons.
Paul Waine said: “Mark and I used to compete with Matthew in Bridlington Bay and we thought that as the route of the Hull Marathon passed over the Humber Bridge, it would be a fitting way to remember him while raising money for two very worthy causes.
“Our additional fundraiser is Mark’s daughter Lucy, the hare among the tortoises, who is down for the Great North Run with her father.
“The team is also running for GAIN (Guillain Barre & Associated Neuropathies), which Paul has supported since contracting this rare illness in 2008, leaving him temporarily paralysed and in hospital for 14 weeks.
Paul said: “This year marks the centenary of the first diagnosis of Guillain Barre Syndrome, an acute condition affecting the peripheral nerves.
“After months of rehabilitation I managed the London Triathlon in 2010 helped by Mark and Sam and raised more than £23,000.”
He added: “For those of you that don’t know me, I will say that I don’t by any stretch of the imagination possess the physique of Mo Farah, so the Hull Marathon is going to be a big challenge to say the least.”
