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Said through slightly gritted teeth, The Tour of the TAP returned bigger than EVER before as Cure Leukaemia Chief Executive, James McLaughlin, leads the charity's Your 14 campaign during Blood Cancer Awareness Month by once again putting his running shoes on in September.
With the reach of TAP centres (Trials Acceleration Programme) funded by Cure Leukaemia expanding from 12 to 15 centres across the UK, this year has seen him run 15 legs of 14km in just 10 days. Totalling a staggering 210km, the equivalent of TEN half marathons across the ten days.
He has worked his way across the country supported by teams of Clinicians, Friends and the CL Family along the way, and completed the below schedule:
Wednesday 13th September - Belfast City Hospital (Belfast) - COMPLETED
Thursday 14th September - The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre (Glasgow) - COMPLETED
Thursday 14th September - The Freeman Hospital (Newcastle) - COMPLETED
Friday 15th September - The Royal Marsden (Surrey) - COMPLETED
Saturday 16th September - UCLH (London) - COMPLETED
Saturday 16th September - Guy’s and St Thomas’ / Kings College Hospital (London) - COMPLETED
Sunday 17th September - University Hospitals Southampton (Southampton) - COMPLETED
Monday 18th September - Bristol Haematology & Oncology Centre (Bristol) - COMPLETED
Monday 18th September - University Hospital of Wales (Cardiff) - COMPLETED
Tuesday 19th September - Churchill Hospital (Oxford) - COMPLETED
Wednesday 20th September - The Christie NHS Foundation Trust (Manchester) - COMPLETED
Wednesday 20th September - Manchester Royal Infirmary (Manchester) - COMPLETED
Thursday 21st September - St James University Hospital (Leeds) - COMPLETED
Friday 22nd September - Russell Centre for Clinical Haematology (Nottingham) - COMPLETED
Friday 22nd September - Centre for Clinical Haematology (Birmingham) - COMPLETED
What will Your 14 Be?
The Tour of the TAP will see Cure Leukaemia Chief Executive, James McLaughlin, leads the charity's Your 14 campaign during Blood Cancer Awareness Month by running 15 legs of 14km in just 10 days.
You can help James reach his NEW £35,000 target by taking on your own Your 14 challenge - from baking 14 cakes to hula-hooping 140 times.