Running for a relay record
The head of Colliers International’s city offices, Simon Crotty, hopes to see his name in the next Guinness Book of World Records after taking part in a 12-person endeavour to relay run from John O’Groats to Land’s End in less than six days.
The team will set off on 28 April to run the equivalent of eight laps of the M25, or 1,500km (923 miles) continuously, from the tip of Scotland to the bottom of England.
To break the record, each person will need to keep a 12km per hour pace and cover two-thirds of a marathon every day.
Crotty’s teammates, who are parents from his children’s school in Tunbridge Wells in Kent, all agreed to do something “monumental”.
“I completed the London Marathon twice, once in 2011 and last year, and cycled from the west to the east coast of Scotland in 2013, so another challenge was on the cards for 2015,” Crotty said.
The challengers aim to raise £50,000 for children’s Alzheimer’s charity Niemann-Pick Research. To donate, go to www.npjogle2015.co.uk
Fundraisers limber up for the big push
Twenty thousand press-ups in under five hours sounds like the fantasy of a demented personal trainer. But it was a challenge embarked upon by staff from St Anns shopping centre in Harrow, north-west London, to raise money for St Luke’s Hospice in Harrow.
Centre manager Pieter Strömbeck from JLL and operations manager Shaun Wall from Incentive FM, who came up with the idea, joined teammates Daniel Lewis, Lorenzo Kerr, Sammy Al Ali and Wilson Emmett to smash the 20,000 press-ups in four hours and 45 minutes. They beat teams from rival mall St George’s and Fitness First, both also in Harrow, which completed just over 19,000 and 18,000 press-ups respectively.
The competitors raised £2,500. www.justgiving.com/stannsshopping
Calendar of events
London Question Time
When: 29 April, 5.30pm
Where: Fitzroy Place, W1
What: Eight days before the election, EG presents a dynamite panel to give their take on how the capital measures up globally, trends to pay attention to, housing, investment and more. The panel includes YouGov’s Joe Twyman, Ben Stirling of Aviva Investors, Savills’ Stephen Down, Southwark council chief executive Eleanor Kelly, global demographics expert at Credit Suisse Amlan Roy, and Steve Jude of Citibase. Register quickly as places are filling up. For more information and to register, visit www.estatesgazette.com/questiontime
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Midlands IPF Annual Lunch
When: 1 May 12pm-4.30pm
Where: ICC, Broad Street, Birmingham
What: Political commentator and former minister for transport Steve Norris will be the guest speaker at this event by the Investment Property Forum, where 450 people in the Midlands property circle will gather to network. Tickets cost £90. www.ipf.org.uk
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Cardiff Question Time
When: 4 June
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London Real Estate Forum
When: 10-11 June
Where: Berkeley Square, W1
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Prideview Cricketers’ Cup
When: 18 July
Where: Merchant Taylors’ School in Northwood, Hillingdon
What: Enter your team into this fun five-over, six-a-side cricket tournament, hosted by London-based property consultancy Prideview.
Entry costs £400 per team and includes an Indian barbecue lunch, drinks and goody bags, as well as a great industry day out. All proceeds go to the Big Hug Foundation, which runs an orphanage in Coimbatore, southern India. For more information, contact nilesh@pridemanagement.co.uk and follow #prideviewcricket.
