Hartlepool United defender Myles Anderson plans to recreate postponed London Marathon with group fundraiser for the NHS

The UK’s flagship marathon event has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

As part of his ‘Moving with Myles’ initiative, Anderson is using the opportunity to create a London Marathon of his own – and anyone can join in.

The Pools centre-back has already united his teammates and the National League in various daily exercises to help raise money for NHS Charities Together.

The initial fundraising target of £5,000 has been smashed but the hard work keeps going as people across the country are set to join forces to ‘complete’ the London Marathon.

“Obviously the London Marathon was supposed to take place this Sunday, April 26th,” Anderson said.

“But we’re giving people the chance to still complete the marathon this Sunday along with us as a team to help raise money for the greatest team at the moment, the NHS.”

Anderson’s runs have been streamed live on the @myles_for_the_NHS Instagram account with many of his Pools teammates and fellow National League professionals joining in. Sunday’s event will have various teams running to complete a marathon between themselves.

“Anyone can join in, put a team together and do the marathon with us,” Anderson added.

“It doesn’t matter how many people are in your team, you could have a team of 26 doing one mile each or a team of two doing 13 miles each. You can cover your allotted mileage by running, walking, skipping or cycling.

“We’re asking each team to contribute a £26 donation to the NHS, so it’s £1 each if you’ve got a team of 26.

“We will be going live on Instagram and every time a mile is complete we will get the next person doing the next mile up on the screen with us. Almost like a pass the baton type thing!

“I’ve been humbled by how people have come together so far to help raise so much money for a great cause."

Around £7,500 has been raised so far for NHS Charities Together and their current Covid-19 Urgent Appeal Campaign.

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