School administrator Jayne Adamson is about to make a big tick on her ‘bucket list’ by taking part in this month’s London Marathon.
Mrs Adamson has been the lead administrator at Tregonwell Academy’s Nigel Bowes campus in Ensbury Avenue, Bournemouth, for 16 years and also celebrates her 60th birthday this year.
On 24 April she will be amongst the estimated 36,000 runners taking part in the 26.2 mile London Marathon.
She said: “I decided I wanted to mark this year with something big and the marathon is pretty big!
“The furthest I have run is a half-marathon, but I am determined to finish and it’s great to know I have the support of the school and all the pupils behind me.”
The Nigel Bowes campus is part of Bournemouth’s multi-site Tregonwell Academy, an Outstanding school which offers specialist teaching for children with challenging behaviours.
Jayne hopes her marathon feat will raise £1700 for the mental health charity MIND and also inspire pupils to set themselves challenges.
She said: “Having worked at Nigel Bowes for such a long time I feel I can genuinely look people in the eye and say MIND is a great charity to support.
“People are being very generous; I have held a quiz night which was very popular and along with the help of my family, friends and colleagues, I hope to reach my fundraising target – and perhaps even beat it – before I hit the streets of London later this month.”
She continued: “The pupils seem really impressed by the thought of me running such a long way and I’m hoping it will help them see that you can achieve anything if you set your mind to it.”
James Franzen, head teacher at the Nigel Bowes Campus said: “We are extremely proud of Mrs Adamson.
“The marathon is a huge challenge and has made her, quite rightly, a heroine in the pupils’ eyes.”
Thanks for inspiring everyone. What we like about marathons is that may people will participate and those who loved to run will be on the list. What’s more if you’re running with a purpose of helping others. It is sure worth the run. Keep on running guys.