Button completes London Marathon
Button completes London Marathon
Jenson Button has completed his
first London Marathon in a shade under three hours, raising funds for Cancer
Research UK.
The 2009 world champion and current
McLaren F1 driver recorded a 2hrs 52mins 30secs time for the 26-mile course
around the capital, coming home just 16mins behind women's world record holder
Paula Radcliffe.
Button is no stranger to the
long-distance run, and comfortably beat his previous personal best of 2hrs
58mins as he campaigned on behalf of his chosen charity. The 35-year old was
involved in a head-to-head with former Olympic rowing champion and London
Marathon regular James Cracknell, running for brain injury association Headway,
who eventually finished a little way up the road.
“I've done a lot of training and
think I'm pretty fit, but there were so many people ahead of me,” Button told
the BBC as he marvelled at the kaleidoscopic field.
Button and Cracknell were joined in
the race by a host of other sports stars, including 1968 Olympic 400m hurdles
gold medallist David Hemery, now 70, Welsh weightlifter Michaela Breeze, rugby
star Shane Williams and Cracknell's fellow rower Zac Purchase.
Button's wife, Jessica, meanwhile,
was still on the course as he was being interviewed by the media, aiming for a
finish in around four hours....
(Fonte: Crash.net)
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