Virgin Money London Marathon 2015 Supporter's Guide - Your essential guide to cheering them on!

Virgin Money London Marathon
   2015 Supporter’s Guide

   Your essential guide to cheering them on!

The importance of cheering
Do not underestimate the power of someone shouting your name and cheering you
on – especially for a runner at mile 23 with very tired legs. Let last year’s runners tell
you
“Thanks again for all your support yesterday.
The cheering points made a real difference and
seeing all the ambassadors at mile 23 was
fantastic and just the inspiration I needed to get
through those last hard miles.”

“Whizz-Kidz, thank you so much! Your support
was absolutely fantastic - each time I ran by the
stands the cheer really helped and totally got me
through.”

“Fantastic day! Thanks for cheering me on so brilliantly! I
can really say I enjoyed every minute and I never thought I
would say that! My girls loved cheering with you at 19.”

Whizz-Kidz cheer-points
Whizz-Kidz has 5 cheering points along the course with mile 23 being extra
special as that is where our young people will be cheering from!

Come and join us and make us the loudest groups on the course! We need
lots of great photos of Whizz-Kidz runners so why not try and capture these
images for you to remember the day and send your best ones to
events@whizz-kidz.org.uk

We will endeavour to be as close to where the maps overleaf indicate but if
you can’t find us do look a little further down the road and keep an eye out for
a mass of green t-shirts and banners!

Speak up
Twitter: Get Tweeting @WhizzKidz twitter.com/WhizzKidz
and let us know what it’s like at your cheer-point #TeamWhizzKidz

Facebook: Upload your photos to the Team Whizz-Kidz page at
facebook.com/TeamWhizzKidz

Instagram: Make sure you get a photo of your runner at one of our
cheer-points and with their medal at the end of the race and upload to
@whizzkidzuk using the hashtag #TeamWhizzKidz

Television: Members of the press may want to ask you a few
questions. If you could say something that follows our focus as a
charity that would be great! For example “Whizz-Kidz supports
children to have independence by providing wheelchairs and other
mobility equipment” or “Whizz-Kidz has helped over 13,000 disabled
children and young people since 1990, and need funds to help many
more”

The cheer-point map

 Once you’ve finished cheering you can meet your runner at our Race
Recovery Reception at the Royal Institute of Great Britain where we are
                 streaming the London Marathon live!

Mile 9 – Surrey Quays
We’ll be there by 9.30am in
order to get a good spot and
watch the elite women. Mass
participants will start to go past
this cheer-point at around
10:50am. All of our runners
should still be smiling at this
point!
It would be great to see you
here and we will be located on
the left-hand side of the course.
It’s then very easy to get the
tube to Canary Wharf for mile
19 or London Bridge for mile
23.
Closest tube: Canada Water (Jubilee line & London Overground) These stations are
accessible for disabled customers. There are also accessible toilets at the Decathlon
store across from the cheer-point)

Mile 12.5 – Tower Bridge
We will be there from 9:30am on the
middle of the bridge on the left-hand
side of the course. Mass participants
will start to go by at around 11:35am.
This gets extremely busy so get here
early for a good spot. This is a really
fun cheer-point but be prepared for a
jostle. The mass participants will start
to come past this cheer-point at around
12:30pm. This cheer-point is just down
the road from The Bridge pub which
will be supporting Whizz-Kidz – so if
you’re in need of a refreshment after all
of that cheering

Closest tube: Tower Hill (District and
Circle line or DLR) Tower Gateway
(DLR) is the closest accessible
station for disabled customers.

Mile 19 – Canary Wharf
Our runners will really
need your help here as this
is a tough part of the
course. Please rally around
here if you can.

We will be there from
10:30am on the left-hand
side of the course. The
mass participants will start
to go past this cheer-point
at around 12:30pm.

   Closest tube: Canary Wharf (Jubilee line) Heron Quays (DLR) These stations are accessible
   for disabled customers.

Mile 22/19 The Highway
A long road and a tough part of the run.
We will be there from 10:00am as the
route doubles back here so you should
be able to see your runner twice! (It’s
great if you only want to stay in one
spot). It tends to be a bit quieter here so
good if you have little ones to look after.

If walking down from the Tower Hill
cheering point make sure you take the
north side of the road. Mass participants
will start to come past mile 13 around
11:45am and mile 22 at 1:00pm.

  Closest tube: Shadwell DLR & London
  Overground. Shadwell DLR is accessible for
  disabled customers.

Mile 23 – The Monument pub
  Another cheering point located close
  by to a pub! This will be a great place
  to be as lots of the kids themselves will
  be here for you to meet and is the last
  Whizz-Kidz cheering point along the
  course so a really important one for
  our runners. Mass participants will start
  to come past this cheer-point at
  around 1:05pm.

Closest tube: Monument (District and Circle line or
DLR from Tower Hill and/or catch the District and
Circle line to St James’s Park for mile 26 outside
Buckingham Palace at the finish. Bank on the DLR is
the closest accessible station for disabled
customers).

Race Recovery Reception
  Come along to our post-race celebrations at the Royal Institute of Great
   Britain to meet up with your runner and watch the race in the theatre.

The reception is a 10 min walk from the finish line along The Mall and we will have
marshals along the road leading up to the venue to point you in the right direction.
We will be ready for action from 12:00 noon and there is a café area to buy
refreshments (free food and drink for runners.) The theatre will be screening the
London Marathon live so, after you have cheered your runner on at one of our
cheer-points, head to the Race Recovery Reception to meet them. See the map
overleaf for directions to the reception.

RIGB –
Race
Recover
Reception

 Mini-bus
 pickup
 for
 runners

Finish
Line

 WK
 marshals

If you have any questions please get in touch on 0207 233 9696
              or email us at events@whizz-kidz.org.uk

You will be able to buy ‘supporter packs’ at the London Marathon Expo
          which include banger sticks, a t-shirt and balloons.

   Thank you once again for supporting Whizz-Kidz at our biggest
                  fundraising event of the year!