The Stuck Man’s Marathon

On Sunday 23rd May thousands of runners gathered at the starting line, ready to run the 2010 Edinburgh Marathon. Many of the entrants ran for charity, raising millions for a number of good causes. Included in the crowd of more than 9000 runners, was the purple and orange stuck man, who took part in the race with a fantastic finish time of 3:49:09. The stuck man was promoting swiftcover.com’s recently launched iphone application called stuck. Stuck allows users to post twitter-style comments when they are stuck, whether they have a song stuck in their head, stuck in traffic or …stuck behind a slow person in a race. Other races on the day included the Scottish half marathon and the Hairy Haggis team relay. The crowd of spectators, the runners, and all the people organising the event made the day a great experience for everyone.

If you fancy entering the race next year then keep an eye out on the 1st September when entries will be open to the public.

Add comment June 17th, 2010

Haiti single at the top of the charts

The charity single, Everybody Hurts, has reached the top of the charts and has sold more than 453,000 copies in its first week. The official UK charts company revealed that the single has gained the biggest first week sales of any charity track this century.

The song was performed by a number of stars including Leona Lewis, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams, Take That, Cheryl Cole, and it was organised by Simon Cowell. The money raised will be split between the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) and The Sun newspaper’s Helping Haiti campaign.

It is amazing to hear stories of how individual people, businesses, groups and charities have given to help Haiti and many lives will be changed as a result of everyone’s efforts.

Add comment February 23rd, 2010

Largest wingsuit formation

A group of 68 skydivers recently jumped near Lake Elsinore, California and broke the US national record for the largest wingsuite formation.

The skydivers, who came from 16 different countries, were flown up in four planes and jumped from 13000ft before joining together in an unlinked diamond formation. The Telegraph reported that the skydivers wore brightly coloured wingsuites, and the formation looked like a spectacular kaleidoscope against the white clouds above them.

According to the Mail Online the event was organised by a non-profit organisation called raise the sky. The record raised $5000 for the charity City Year, which provides mentoring to keep underprivileged children in school. These people are not afraid to live life to the full and are an inspiration to others- maybe its time to get a life and do more.

Add comment January 26th, 2010