Capital gain for hospice

Wonderful donation After the final contributions came in, Andrew raised £2900

- IAN BUNTING

A PE teacher from a Shotts school put himself through his paces as he aced the testing London Marathon in aid of St Andrew’s Hospice.

Andrew Kennedy defied an injury suffered a few weeks before the event to complete the race in an impressive three hours, one minute and 15 seconds - and raise £2900 for the Airdrie charity.

The 26-year-old, who teaches PE at Calderhead High School in Shotts, has fundraised for the hospice since 2022 and has always been a keen runner.

Andrew explained how he secured his spot at the London Marathon but then endured a setback during the build-up.

He told the Wishaw Press: “I saw that the hospice was advertising a place in the London Marathon and, six weeks before the event, I got a call from them saying I had secured the spot and they'd known had done a couple of previous marathons for the hospice.

“I then got injured a couple of weeks before the marathon and was worried I wouldn’t be able to do it.