Running star goes from East Kilbride to Uzbekistan in fundraiser with diplomat dad

An East Kilbride working star travelled to Uzbekistan to assist set the tempo for her diplomat dad as they took half in a 24-hour international marathon relay.

Nineteen-year-old EK Athletic Membership ace Hannah Anderson’s father, Steven, is the UK’s Performing Ambassador to Uzbekistan and the pair took half within the Overseas, Commonwealth and Growth Workplace’s annual GlobalMile charity problem.

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They had been amongst round 3000 diplomats and their households from greater than 180 British Embassies, Excessive Commissions, Governors’ Workplaces and Consulates worldwide who took half.

Money raised will go to the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Ukraine humanitarian attraction and the Queen’s Inexperienced Cover.

Runners throughout the UK’s in depth international community all needed to run a mile earlier than video-conferencing or Tweeting with the following mission to cross the digital baton on – sending it by means of the 24 time zones.

Hannah and Steven received their trainers on to run a mile in Uzbekistan capital Tasknent this month.

Edinburgh College scholar Hannah, from Strathaven, Lanarkshire, stated: “Not having the ability to be with my mother and father at Christmas was notably onerous, so it was nice enjoyable for us to take pleasure in a run collectively for such a very good trigger.

“The nice and cozy Tashkent sunshine was a little bit of a distinction from the mud and rain of a few of my races again in Scotland, though I did need to decelerate slightly so dad might sustain.”

Hannah – a 1500m and 3000m runner – is one in every of Scotland’s brightest athletic abilities and is hoping to make the GB cross nation crew for the European Championships.

The third annual GlobalMile problem noticed UK diplomats from Vancouver within the West and Samoa within the East, from Canberra within the South to Reykjavik within the north, full a 24-hour marathon relay.

Tashkent-based dad Steven, 51, stated: “GlobalMile is a superb concept that brings individuals all around the world collectively for a standard trigger.

“Covid lockdown restrictions meant we had been unable to journey again to see household and mates at Christmas, so it was unbelievable Hannah was in a position to be part of us for our run alongside Tashkent canal.

“If it was a race Hannah would simply have gained, however mercifully she went simple on us and stored up a tempo that didn’t depart her previous dad and my colleagues too out of puff.”

That is the third iteration of the worldwide marathon, which is the brainchild of Dr Ian Collard, Ambassador to Lebanon, and his spouse Tamara.

In 2020, Ian was primarily based on the British Embassy in Afghanistan.

With international flight restrictions through the first phases of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ian’s 3500-mile separation from Tamara and their kids pressured them to search out artistic methods to remain united as a household through the pandemic.

Ambassador to Lebanon Dr Ian Collard stated: “The worldwide marathon has change into a unbelievable technique of mates, household and colleagues connecting world wide, whereas on the similar time affording us the chance to assist essential initiatives such because the Queen’s Inexperienced Cover and help to the individuals of Ukraine.”

Embassies the world over are elevating funds for native charities, and Ian and Tamara have arrange a pair of JustGiving pages that can present donations to Ukraine and to the Queen’s Inexperienced Cover.

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