Posted: September 12, 2005

Multisport: Your Chance To See Celebrities And Elites Take On The World’s Largest Duathlon At Richmond Park

Thousands of spectators are expected as Richmond Park hosts the world’s largest Duathlon on Saturday 17th September with celebrities and elites taking part alongside up to 2,500 other participants.

Sky Sports stars from Soccer AM will be participating as a team lead by Tim Lovejoy in aid of Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre to help raise £1m by the end of the year to build a new centre at Charing Cross Hospital. Competitors supporting Maggie’s will be encouraged to take part wearing their football shirts along with Chelsea fan Tim.

The run, bike, run event will take place entirely within Richmond Park with both individual athletes and teams participating. Entry to watch the London Duathlon is free and there will be athletes setting off throughout the day, guaranteeing a fantastic atmosphere at this great spectator sport. Refreshments, event merchandise and official retailers will all be on site to cater for your needs, there will even be masseurs available Al Fresco!

Richmond Park Golf Club have kindly closed both of the stunning 18 hole courses for the day of the race in order to support the event and thus raise the maximum amount of money for the event charity.

The London Triathlon Ltd., owners of The Michelob ULTRA London Triathlon –the world’s largest – and the stunning Blenheim Triathlon, created The London Duathlon to keep up with the massive growth of the sport while maintaining the objective of creating top class events that are achievable by everyone.

Event Director Nick Rusling commented: “We have been overwhelmed by the number of entrants to our first ever London Duathlon, putting us on target for being the largest in the world. In particular we have had a great amount of support from Londoners, we can only assume they are all getting into the Olympic spirit!”

Laura Lee, Chief Executive of Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres commented: "Maggie's are very excited about this event and delighted to know so many people are taking part to raise money to help build the first Maggie's Centre in London. We know those entered in this event have set themselves a hard challenge but their efforts will result in Maggie's being able to offer all those going through the challenge of a diagnosis of cancer."

The race website is at: www.thelondonduathlon.com.