Four2Go
Parents for Children's Lee Valley Race Series

04 October 2008

Four2Go Lee Valley Trail Marathon
Four2Go Relay Marathon
Four2Go 10K
Four2Go 5K Family Relay
Four2Go 1K Fun Run

With only four years to go until 2012, Parents for Children is delighted to announce the second of their series of running events around the outstanding Lee Valley Park on October 4th 2008.

Following the outstanding success our inaugural Five2Go Lee Valley Trail Marathon, 5k Family Relay and 1k Fun run, we are extending the event to include a relay marathon, divided into three stages and a 10k run on Hackney Marsh. The pilot event was praised by the athletes for its originality and scenery, and changes to this year’s marathon route will make it even more runner friendly!

The trail marathon will take a point-to-point course alongside the stunning waterways of the River Lee between St Margarets in Hertfordshire and Hackney Marsh. This is a truly unique marathon along an almost exclusively traffic free route.

Along with the natural beauty of the Lee Valley, participants will be able to take in the progress of some of the future 2012 Olympic sites along the way, including the White Water Canoe Slalom. The site of the future Olympic stadium area is now visible and will ultimately be accessible via a bridge over the road from the Four2go finish area on Hackney Marsh.

Accessible to All

We are keen to make our annual race series accessible to all, so Four2Go will include an event for children with disability, and a 10k run too. The 1k run was successful in 2007, so we know we have the right recipe for a 'racing opportunity for all'.

Families and friends will again be invited to join in the support on October 4th 2008, both down the Valley and at Hackney Marsh, where there will be a real festival feel to the day, with music, dance, and range of family and children’s activities.

Parents for Children is a small non-profit making adoption and fostering agency based in London. We have a long established reputation for identifying the needs and finding homes for children with disabilities, who may be otherwise considered difficult to place. Parents for Children work country-wide in its efforts to find exceptional permanent families for children. The charity was founded on a few simple beliefs, that every child deserved a family and that there was a family somewhere for almost every child. We are currently in our 32nd year and over the years have proudly placed over 280 children.

Four2Go Lee Valley Trail Marathon