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Findlay Young: More than just a Trainer

Findlay is a cancer survivor and is celebrating his return to health by running in the four countries of the UK, culminating in the Great North Run. Findlay, 30, will run 54.4 miles in total and travel 1013 miles non-stop around the UK by plane, train, automobile and helicopter to complete his challenge.

He will begin the world’s biggest half marathon in Newcastle upon Tyne exactly a year to the day he was given the ‘All Clear’ for thyroid cancer. “I see the Great North Run as my victory parade. I was determined to do it because of the date and I’ll be running with the number 2609. The event is an important milestone in my recovery from cancer and it’s really given me something to aim for.”

Findlay will start his epic challenge at 1.30pm on Saturday, September 25th in Belfast before travelling by a chartered plane to Prestwick Airport in Scotland.

His second run will start at Mossdale, near Castle Douglas. From here he will travel by car to Rhyll where he will complete the next 13.1 miles in the floodlit grounds of Rhyll hospital

From Rhyll he will travel to Liverpool and fly to Newcastle Airport, where a helicopter will whisk him to the start of the Great North Run at 10.40

Findlay continues: “I’m sure this will feel like the longest but most rewarding 24-hours of my life. I know I’ll be physically and mentally exhausted by the end but it will be worth it. ”

Brendan Foster, Olympic Medallist and head of Nova International, says: "Findlay's challenge is an incredible feat of endurance and we're delighted that he has chosen to finish this on Tyneside at the 2004 BUPA Great North Run. Findlay, like so many other people who are supporting Cancer Research UK this year, have been touched by cancer, and it is fantastic that they are supporting such a worthwhile cause whilst getting fit. Good luck!"

To support Findlay you can contact him through Impact Factory: 020 7226 1877 or you can also contact Cancer Research at: www.cancerresearchuk.org/running

 

Published 21 September, 2004

 

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