To date, Nikki has run 14 marathons so far (starting with London in 2001, thinking she'd only ever run one), However, seven years later she has now  run London (4), Paris(4), Berlin, Munich, Florence, Amsterdam, Vienna and New York. 

Nikki, Ian and Jo following successful completion of the

Vienna Marathon in April 2008

Often running for charities to give her a major incentive to keep going.

Nikki says: ''London is such a charity event I would feel a fraud if I didn't run for a charity. I'm very much looking forward to running for the Bethany May charities fund this year.  I'm always aiming to complete marathons within 4hr 30mins but obviously the faster the better.

My fastest is 4hr 11mins that was Munich, that was great the finish was in the olympic stadium, we had to run around the stadium to the finish (just like the marathon in an olympics :-))  

Whilst I've enjoyed (if that's the right word) all the marathons London stands out as a very special one, the support is amazing and non stop for the whole 26.2 miles which is a great help.

Your support will definitely help keep me going as well as the occasional thought of that large glass of wine / beer at the end :-)''

If you would like to make a donation to spur NIkki on and help provide the vital funds required by the Royal Marsden, please take a few minutes to follow the link below: http://www.justgiving.com/nikkih"

The Paris Marathon - April 5th 2009

This is one of the oldest of the big city marathons and pre-dates London by 4 years - equalling London in its size - with 35,000 runners each year.

The course has changed several times since its inception, but the route for the last 10 years or so is now well established and is an essential sightseeing tour of the city; starting on the Champs Elysees and running down the wide Boulevard to Place du Concorde, past the Louvre and out to the east of the city.

It then joins the banks of the River Seine and returns past Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower on the way to the finish at the Arc de Triomphe on Avenue Foch.

In 1979, hours after having run the New York Marathon, the former Olympic champion Chris Brasher wrote an article for The Observer which began: "To believe this story you must believe that the human race be one joyous family, working together, laughing together, achieving the impossible. Last Sunday, in one of the most trouble-stricken cities in the world, 11,532 men and women from 40 countries in the world, assisted by over a million black, white and yellow people, laughed, cheered and suffered during the greatest folk festival the world has seen." Enchanted with the sight of people coming together for such an occasion, he concluded questioning "..whether London could stage such a festival?"

Within months the London Marathon was born, with Brasher making trips to America to study the race organisation and finance of big city marathons such as New York and Boston, the oldest in the world. He secured a contract with Gillette of £50,000, established the organisation's charitable status, and set down six main aims for the event, which he not only hoped would echo the scenes he had witnessed in New York, but also put Britain firmly on the map as a country capable of organising major events.

His vision was realised on March 29th 1981, with the inaugural London Marathon proving an instant success. More than 20,000 people applied to run: 7,747 were accepted and 6,255 crossed the finish line on Constitution Hill as cheering crowds lined the route. Now at capacity, a total of 46,500 were accepted from a record 80,500 applicants, with 32,563 finishing on the day. Since this time the event has continued to grow in size, stature and popularity with a capacity 46,500 accepted entrants each year. In all, a total of 711,260 have completed the race since its inception with 34,497 runners crossing the line in 2008.

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