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A QUICK WORD ABOUT THE DEAL TRI CLUB HALF MARATHON ON SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARY · The Folkestone & Hythe Sports Podcast

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  Speaker 1: This is Kevin Day from Radio Folkston here and I
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  Speaker 1: want to tell you a little bit about the deal
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  Speaker 1: Try Club Half Marathon which is happening on Sunday, the
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  Speaker 1: sixteenth of February. Now, I've been chatting with Jill Cliff,
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  Speaker 1: the race director, and she tells me there's a few
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  Speaker 1: new things going on. Food Banker helping out at the
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  Speaker 1: finished refreshment table in return for donations from runners and
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  Speaker 1: from deal Try. They're still supporting pancreatic cancer with the donation,
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  Speaker 1: which is a wonderful charity. They have been supporting this
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  Speaker 1: for a number of years now. And they're also supporting
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  Speaker 1: two new groups. The first group is called Off the
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  Speaker 1: Street on Our Feet and the second group is Primal Runners.
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  Speaker 1: Now what they're doing they're giving these people free entries.
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  Speaker 1: And let me tell you about the two groups. Off
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  Speaker 1: the Street on Our Feet helps rough sleepers, recovering addicts
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  Speaker 1: and those at risk of being made homeless and they
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  Speaker 1: also been reported by Kent Well Being. Now this group
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  Speaker 1: was started by Matthew Broster to help the group through running,
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  Speaker 1: and I've seen some of the positive results at races
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  Speaker 1: that I've attended. Primal Runners were there a similar group
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  Speaker 1: who helped disadvantaged young people from inner city London and
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  Speaker 1: along the Kent Coast. Founder member Carl Adams spent years
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  Speaker 1: on the low road of drugs and alcohol, but running
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  Speaker 1: helped him and his pb at. The marathon distance is
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  Speaker 1: two hours forty five minutes set at the age of
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  Speaker 1: forty seven. Now, if you know anything about running, that's
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  Speaker 1: a pretty impressive Timekle wanted to help these people and
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  Speaker 1: give something back, so he started Primal Runners. Now, if
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  Speaker 1: you want to know any more about the half marathon,
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  Speaker 1: please go to dealtry dot co dot uk. There's a
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  Speaker 1: link there to the entry form. The main race starts
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  Speaker 1: at ten thirty and then after that at ten forty
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  Speaker 1: five is the junior race. Race headquarters is at Betsanger
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  Speaker 1: Park and I just want to wish race director and
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  Speaker 1: her team, Jill Cliff, all the best. They do so
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  Speaker 1: much good work down there at deal Tria, and I'm
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  Speaker 1: sure as always they're going to put on a good race. Now,
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  Speaker 1: if you're there and you want to shout out, it's
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  Speaker 1: your birthday, perhaps you're running for the first time. This
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  Speaker 1: is Kevin Day Radio Folkston. Just come over and see me.