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Walk
the Walk came into being six years ago when just
13 women power walked The New York Marathon in their
bras to raise money and awareness for breast cancer
research. What started out as a once only fundraising
event, has blossomed into a thriving charity raising
to date in excess of £6 million for breast
cancer research and cancer care.
And so The Moonwalk is born
In the spring of 1998 a Walk the Walk team entered
the London Marathon for the second time but as most
people know places for this event are extremely
hard to come by. Only 25 people received places
but there were a further 25 who failed to get in.
Not wanting to disappoint them or waste their fundraising
and training, Nina decided to create a one off marathon
for these girls. The nearest to being part of the
London Marathon would be to start at midnight and
finish at seven in the morning on the day of the
marathon. The 25 intrepid walkers plus friends set
off at midnight and completed their marathon at
7.00 am on Sunday morning in Trafalgar Square……and
so the Moonwalk was born. Since that day the Moonwalk
has become a major annual event.
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