5th September 2007
Leading disability insurer, Unum, has again entered a full team for the ‘Le Jo’G’ thousand mile run between Lands End and John O’Groats to raise funds for charity. This year marks the sixth time the company has entered a full team into the race. The run started on the 1st September and employees will have run the length of the country by the 15th September in aid of Unum’s charity of the year SeeAbility.
SeeAbility (formerly The Royal School for the Blind) is a nationally registered charity which works with adults who are blind or visually impaired and have other complex disabilities.
Joanne Hindle, Corporate Services Director at Unum, said:
We are very proud that for the sixth year running Unum will be entering a full 101 strong team. It’s become part of company tradition, that each year we all don our running shoes and set off across the country to raise money for charity.
Le Jo’G is a great event for team building and personal development and a highlight in Unum’s annual calendar of community-based events. I am even running a leg myself this year!
The Le Jo’G event involves teams of either seven or eight runners per day - or 101 runners in total - depending on whether a team wishes to run just one of the 70 mile daily sections or the entire 1000 mile route. Each runner raises money through sponsorship and companies select a charity of their choice to benefit from the proceeds.
The 14 legs of the race are as follows:
Saturday 1st September - Stage 1 - John O'Groats to Golspie
Sunday 2nd September - Stage 2 - Golspie to Inverness
Monday 3rd September - Stage 3 - Inverness to Blair Atholl
Tuesday 4th September - Stage 4 - Blair Atholl to Kinross
Wednesday 5th September - Stage 5 - Kinross to Peebles
Thursday 6th September - Stage 6 - Peebles to Carlisle
Friday 7th September - Stage 7 - Carlisle to Aysgarth
Saturday 8th September - REST DAY
Sunday 9th September - Stage 8 - Aysgarth to Uppermill
Monday 10th September - Stage 9 - Uppermill to Penkridge
Tuesday 11th September - Stage 10 - Penkridge to Ledbury
Wednesday 12th September - Stage 11 - Ledbury to Chew Stoke
Thursday 13th September - Stage 12 - Chew Stoke to Crediton
Friday 14th September - Stage 13 - Crediton to Lostwithiel
Saturday 15th September - Stage 14 - Lostwithiel to Land's End
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