Wings for Life World Run 2015
Posted by
Karen on Apr 30, 2015 12:00:00 AM
This bank weekend holds a very exciting event for some Fluidata team members. This Sunday, Wings for Life – with their silent lead please partner Red Bull - holds the Wings for Life
World Run. The event is a global running and wheelchair event taking place in over 35 locations simultaneously around the world.
While the UK course is over 100kms long, there is no finish line. A fun feature of this charity race is the ‘Catcher Car’ is your finish line; it’s a car driven by F1 superstar David Coulthard, which travels at 15km, 30minutes after the race starts and accelerates throughout, “I love the irony of it”, said Coulthard, a veteran of over 240 Formula One races. “I spent my life putting the pedal to the metal, and here I am at Silverstone driving at a dizzying 15 km/h. But the best part about my race day is that I know I will eventually overtake my former team mate Mark Webber, who is running at Silverstone.”
The run is in support of funding research to find a cure for spinal cord injury and 100% of donations go to the scientists – no admin or hidden fees. With the dismal weather forecast please get behind our Fluidata runners and donate here.
While the UK course is over 100kms long, there is no finish line. A fun feature of this charity race is the ‘Catcher Car’ is your finish line; it’s a car driven by F1 superstar David Coulthard, which travels at 15km, 30minutes after the race starts and accelerates throughout, “I love the irony of it”, said Coulthard, a veteran of over 240 Formula One races. “I spent my life putting the pedal to the metal, and here I am at Silverstone driving at a dizzying 15 km/h. But the best part about my race day is that I know I will eventually overtake my former team mate Mark Webber, who is running at Silverstone.”
The run is in support of funding research to find a cure for spinal cord injury and 100% of donations go to the scientists – no admin or hidden fees. With the dismal weather forecast please get behind our Fluidata runners and donate here.
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