Marathon effort, thank you doctors

a quartet of sporty academics from Leeds Beckett University collectively raised more than £7,500 for a series of charities by doing the Paris Marathon.

Dr Michelle Mellis, Dr Zoe Rutherford, Dr Faye Didymus and Dr Laurie Patterson did months of training for the April 3 event.

The four Leeds Beckett academics celebrate after finishing the Paris Marathon.placeholder image
The four Leeds Beckett academics celebrate after finishing the Paris Marathon.

The Carnegie Faculty sport lecturers ran for the Motor Neurone Disease Association, the Lymphoma Association, Mind UK, MacMillan UK and Coppafeel.

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