Press Release - London Marathon - 4/18/23

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                Great Ormond Street Hospital team open 2023 
                     TCS London Marathon Running Show      

      Great Ormond Street Hospital is the Official Charity of the Year 
                     for the 2023 TCS London Marathon
					 
Inspiring members of Team GOSH will officially open the TCS London Marathon 
Running Show at 10:00 tomorrow (Wednesday 23 April) at ExCeL London.

Great Ormond Street Hospital is the Official Charity of the Year for the 
2023 TCS London Marathon and Team GOSH is made up of more than 850 people 
running for the charity on Sunday (23 April).

Opening the TCS London Marathon Running Show tomorrow (Wednesday) will be 
Liz Tait, GOSH's Head of Fundraising, alongside some of the Team GOSH 
participants. Joining them at the ribbon cutting will also be Rifka 
Noronha, Head of Corporate Affairs for TCS UK&I and Catherine Anderson, 
Executive Director of the London Marathon Foundation.

The TCS London Marathon Running Show is where all participants go before 
Marathon Day to collect their all-important Event Pack, which includes 
their bib number. It is likely to be a record number of starters in this 
year's event with more than 45,000 people registered.

The TCS London Marathon Running Show, which is free to enter, hosts 
exhibitors, has fun activations for all and gives participants important 
Marathon Day tips and information and has a packed line-up of speakers 
including elite runners, celebrity guests and industry experts. You can 
view the line-up here.

Among the many activations at this year's TCS London Marathon Running Show 
is the London Marathon Foundation stand, where the Foundation will be 
celebrating reaching the funding milestone of £100 million awarded to 
projects that inspire activity across the UK. 

The Foundation was created in 1981 just before the first London Marathon, 
by Chris Brasher and John Disley, the co-founders of the London Marathon. 
To celebrate reaching the £100 million funding milestone, the Foundation 
will have an activation at the Running Show with a 100-seconds of activity 
challenge, along with information about some of the inspiring projects that 
have benefited from the Foundation's funding.

The opening times of the 2023 TCS London Marathon Running Show are:

- Wednesday 19 April: 10:00-20:00
- Thursday 20 April: 10:00-20:00
- Friday 21 April: 10:00-20:00
- Saturday 22 April: 08:30-17:30

                                      ###