London Marathon success for Perthshire father and son
dailyrecord.co.ukA father and son from Strathearn have raised almost £16,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK by successfully conquering the London Marathon.Jamie and Hamish Landale were among the 48,000 people to tackle the iconic 26.2-mile route in the UK capital on Sunday.Local businessman Jamie from the Crieff area, last ran a marathon 23 years ago.
He decided to sign-up for the challenge during the Covid-19 lockdown period.Son Hamish (18) agreed to join him and the pair chose to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK as it funds research into a condition that their family, along with many others, has personal experience of.They set up an online page for donations and anyone who pledged £50 or more was poignantly invited to have the name of a loved one affected by dementia included on a special marathon day t-shirt.After returning from the UK capital, Jamie said: “We must thank everyone who has supported us in our London Marathon effort – all the support and encouragement has kept us going over the past five months.“Hamish and I ran together and had a fabulous day, although the last seven miles for both of us were absolutely awful.“Hamish arrived back in the UK from Australia, where he was working, a week before the marathon – so there was just about time to recover from the flight, unfortunately pick up a cold, and head to London.”Jamie continued: “We were running for Alzheimer’s Research UK in honour of my dad and mother-in-law – as well as many others who donated to our run and asked us to include a loved one on our ‘Roll of Honour’.
It was a privilege to do it for them.“Alzheimer’s Research UK had cheer points at miles 11, 18, 21 and 23 and we had a large group of friends and family at mile 25.“It was just fabulous and kept us going
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