Birtley News is delighted to bring you news of THE sporting challenge of 2014. Geoff Lowson (priest in charge at Holy Saviour's Church) is running the London Marathon. He has been in training for months, secretly pounding the streets of Tynemouth. Now he is preparing to go the full 26.2 miles on April 13th. His son Richard is also running. Geoff says he will be "happy to finish" and "doesn't expect to beat Richard". But BN thinks Geoff is hiding his running light under a bushel. Just the other day, Mo Farah was heard to remark: "Never mind the Kenyans, have you heard that Geoff is running? I'm worried!". You read it here first.
Geoff is raising money for Diabetes UK and you can sponsor him on his Just Giving page.
