Resort Properties employee to run Santa Cruz Half Marathon
Resort Properties is pleased to announce that once again, the athletic prowess of another of its team members is being put to the test. Telemarketing Call Centre Manager Gordon Hodge is set to run the “XIX Half Marathon of Santa Cruz de Tenerife” which takes place at 9 a.m. on Sunday 8th November in the island’s capital.
The annual event, which attracts hundreds of participants from all over Tenerife and the Canaries, is organised by the Sports Development division of the Santa Cruz Cabildo (City Council). The race circuit covers a distance of 21.1km and participants will this year run two laps starting and finishing at Avenida José Antonio Primo de Rivera, opposite the Cabildo headquarters.
Gordon will be running to raise funds for children at the Marianna Glorious Academy in Mombasa, a school for local children from below the poverty line. The charity project is close to the hearts of Resort Properties employees, who have already raised over €11,000 to build a new accommodation block at the Academy. The team is committed to generating even more money to provide the children with a computer network, desks, text books and sports equipment in the near future.
Gordon says of his upcoming endeavour, “I’m thrilled to be running for such a worthy cause and one that Resort Properties has been involved with for some time now. Obviously I’ve had to make sure I’m in great physical shape – I’ve been training extra hard over the last seven months or so to help me prepare for the challenge. It should be a great day and I’m hoping to beat my personal best.”
The 19th Santa Cruz Half Marathon is officially sponsored by the sports equipment outlet “Base – Deportes Salud” and has attracted numerous other corporate sponsors including Pepsi and Renault. In each of the categories specified by the organisers, trophies will be given to the first five runners to cross the finish line within two and a half hours. Cash prizes ranging from 50€ to 800€ will be awarded by the Cabildo to anyone who manages to beat the various time records set in the previous 18 events.
Participation at the Half Marathon gets greater every year, as more and more people want to help their favourite charities and improve their fitness levels at the same time. All of Gordon’s colleagues at Resort Properties will be supporting him and wish him well in his challenge.
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