Andy Runs Manchester Marathon

My Activity Tracking

41
mi

My target 27 mi

Help me to save more lives

As many of you will remember in 2021 I ran the London Landmarks Half Marathon for Derbyshire Mountain Rescue, a charity that operates like a 999 service without government funding.

In 2025, as I prepare to run the Manchester Marathon I am acting in the same way. I look outside my classroom window looking at Royal Derby Hospital and the one bit of the hospital I can see is the Helipad.

It is uncomfortable how often I'm distracted from teaching by the sound and sight of a helicopter landing on the roof, however bad my class is, someone else is having a worse day.

And like Mountain Rescue, this 999 service receives no government funding and relies on fundraising in order to keep going. Without fundraising for Air Ambulance, people will literally die.

So thank you for visiting my page and please support me and more significantly the world of the Air Ambulance.

My Milestone Badges

More milestone badges will unlock as my fundraising targets are achieved

First Donation Received

25% Donations Recieved

My Updates

Trail Running

Tuesday 4th Feb

For the first time I enter an endurance race to see how many KM I could get in. Tapped out at 24.5km but the terrain was pure mud!

Starting 2025 off ...

Saturday 4th Jan

20km to bring in the New Year. I won't like I'd have kept going if I'd realised what a HM was in km.

Proof It's Not Just A Story

Thursday 21st Nov

A photo of the Air Ambulance disturbing my Year 10 assessment from my window : I mean doing their essential job.

The Official Announcement

Monday 18th Nov

In 2020 we were not allowed to leave the house, in boredom or stupidity I signed up for the London Landmarks Half Marathon. The whole of my fundraising campaign was based around the fact I hated running, I didn't see the point of it, so please dig deep.

I ran that race, and raced £800 for Derbyshire Mountain Rescue.

According to Strava I did not run again for months, and I still didn't like running.

However I won't lie, in a journey to lose weight, and a discovery of parkrun, I've actually started to enjoy running. I still don't want to go out and I am not motivated to leave the house, but when I'm out there I enjoy it.

I wrote a list in sixth form of the challenges I wanted to do by 30. I have been to Australia, I've bought a house, and I'm no closer to opening the batting for England Cricket Team.

But at the age of 30 (and due to scheduling I won't complete it before I'm 30) I'm commited to ticking of the Marathon.

Please come with me on this journey, physical on runs, metaphorically thought the metaverse and may if possible financially through sponsorship.

Thank you to my Sponsors

£27

Alex

You’re a muppet, but respect

£20

Andy Cooke

Your an idiot

£20

The Spencers

Run Andy run!

£20

Holly M

You got this Mr Cooke!

£10

Auntie Beth

Go well Andy

£10

Abby Lent

Happy birthday Andy! Hope your running goes well x

£10

Lizzie Watt

Good luck Andy. Sure you’ll smash it

£10

Becky F

Well done Andy!! 🏅

£5

Nicola Eden

All the best Andy! You are awesome :)

£5

Freddie Guenzel

Happy Birthday Mate! 1x pint purchased

£5

Lianne

Happy birthday matey :)