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Alex Coleman

Manchester Marathon 2026

Help me reach my goal of £500

Why I am fundraising for Parkinson's UK

Thank you for visiting my fundraising page! I’m taking part in the Manchester Marathon for Parkinson’s UK and would really appreciate your support! 

Please help by sponsoring my challenge. All money raised will help fund breakthroughs and help support the Parkinson's community. 

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£822 + £118.16 GiftAid

My Goal

£500

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Why I’m running the Manchester Marathon – in short, the answer is my grandad.

Monday 9th Feb
He’s run around 20 marathons in his life, with his fastest time being the London Marathon in 1987, finishing in 2 hours 37 minutes. Ever since I started running properly last year, I’ve got much more into it and began to think about the idea of doing a marathon myself. 

My grandad Stan is now 78 years old, although I don’t think he looks it! He still goes running nearly every Saturday at a local parkrun, which I join him on when I can (if I can keep up that is haha). Even now, he’s still running at a strong pace of around 4:40–5:00 per kilometre.

The biggest motivation for me is that he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Despite this, he still gets up every Saturday and goes out for a run. Seeing that makes you think if he can do that, why shouldn’t I be able to take on a marathon? 

He’s a huge inspiration to me, and hopefully to others who may be living with the same condition.







Thank you to my sponsors

£50

Jean Coleman

Well done mate. Love nannie xx

£250

Fraser Mcleod

Well done on the marathon bro! My dad was diagnosed with Parkinson’s last year, so the charity means a lot to me. Thought I’d make a nice a contribution to your page.

£10

Debra And Gary Sedge

Good luck and well done x

£10

Jo Thompson

Good luck 🍀

£40

Uncle Jac

You’ll Smash it! Proud of you x

£21.84

Chloe Portwain

£25

Billy

Good Luck Colman!! Show the Mancs what’s what!

£21.84

Louis Daly

Good luck brother!

£10

Jack Sands

Best of luck bro, you’ve got this!

£10

George Mortimer

Gorn forrest

£10

Fynn Johnson

£21.84

Pam & Colin Frewin

Good luck Alex! xx

£20

Tom Hinton

£5

Ruth And Nat Symons

Good luck

£6.11

Helen Smith

£6.11

Sue Barclay

£50

Mum And John

We are so proud of you Alexander

£32.23

Abbie Kidd

❤️❤️

£16.56

Hannah Quigley

£21.84

Dagmar Orszulikova

Best of luck Alex

£11.33

Jai

Good luck Alex!

£11.33

Georgia Wilson

£21.84

Andriana Coleman

Good luck ! Love ya brother 🥰

£32.23

Linda De Simone

Good Luck what an inspiration your Grandad is ❤️

£21.84

Mark Moon

Good luck

£53.32

David Moon

£21.84

Jacqueline Cox

Well done Alexander, proud of you!

£10

Tom Winfield

Good luck!