On Sunday 23 people ran the Bath Half Marathon in support of the Everest Trip, four of them running in full cricket pads and gloves, and six others who are not even part of the trip – including two who sadly had to withdraw.

Below are the names of all who ran and their times, but a special mention to our Expedition Leader Richard Kirtley who has now run the London 5k, the Nike 10K, the Gyro 10K the Cardiff Half Marathon, and now the Bath Half Marathon, all in pads. That’s 67 kilometres in full cricket gear, and that my friends, is how you set the standard! Hats off.

Several of these guys do not even pretend to be runners and I know that more than one of them were incredibly apprehensive about the run, so to perform how they did in surprisingly warm conditions makes all those who didn’t very proud indeed. I saw numerous people collapsing in the home straight with exhaustion, but our guys all came in strongly.

A big thank you to Laura Hewett and Peter Spence (The General) who ran even though they have had to withdraw from the expedition and Charlie Perrin who along with Laura has raised around £500 for us off their own efforts. Fantastic.

The list of all who ran is below, Tenzing vice captain Gareth Lewis went round the quickest and all times are in brackets, but we all know those aren’t important, what is important is that Team Hillary had seven runners while Team Trektator had four and Tenzing had six. The (p) represents who ran in pads. Photos will be added later.

Below is the full list of runners, in no particular order.

Richard Kirtley (p) (2:21)

Jonathan Hill (p) (2:25)

Lucy Brooks (2:19) 

Helen Curr (2:18)

Alex Fudakowska (2:18)

Vicks Nicholson (2:25)

Jules Staveley (2:02)

Joe Williams (2:25)

Ben Jarman (1:51)

Chris Martin (1:51)

Gareth Lewis (1:33)

David Chrisite (1:59)

Charlie Campbell (1:38)

Mark Waters (2:18)

James Butler (2:13)

Glen Lowis (p) (2:17)

Russell De Beer(p) (2:17)

Friends of the trip:

The General (1:48)

Iain Curr (2:17)

Will Hanson (1:46)

Laura Hewitt (2:19)

Charlie Perrin (2:24)

Laura Bridges (1:55)

Hope to see everyone at the Party on Thursday!