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Another April in London marks another hugely successful and exhilarating London Landmarks Half Marathon (LLHM), in which 18 LSHTM runners took part, raising a record-breaking £16,470 helping remove the barriers to education for the brightest and best students via the LSHTM Scholarship Fund, the , the , and supporting The Gate Clinic at MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine via .

It was a mild 16 degrees Celsius, and the winds were forecast to blow at 40mph as 25,000 LLHM 2024 runners prepared to take on the streets of London on a blustery but warm Spring day. Many thousands of runners raised money for the causes they care about, including removing the barriers to education at LSHTM.

Wearing branded LSHTM running vests, our inspiring runners completed the 13.1 mile run on Sunday, 7 April 2024, taking their training and fundraising to epic heights for 2024, helping make this event LSHTM’s most successful community fundraising event on record. LSHTM staff, former students and friends stood at mile 11.8 to cheer our team of runners onto the finish line, disbursing high fives and plenty of encouragement as they headed towards the finish line.

Thank you

We are extremely proud of our LLHM 2024 team, consisting of an energetic, hard-working and dedicated team of LSHTM staff, students, alumni and friends of LSHTM. The team have helped raise more funds than ever for an event like this at LSHTM, exceeding their target by a truly phenomenal 270% in 2024.

Initially aiming to raise £6,000, it became clear early on that this year's team had a little extra fundraising magic up their sleeves. By sharing their training journey and JustGiving fundraising pages with their networks, and through their energy, enthusiasm and passion, our team were able to go way above and beyond their expectations. We are delighted to announce our top three LLHM 2024 fundraisers this year are:

1. Imogen Sharp & Martin Lewy (joint 1st place) – raising £3,773
2. Heather Ingold – raising £1,746
3. Jolien Schraver – raising £1,011

LSHTM, the Development and Alumni Relations Office, and Sarah Enderby Coles would like to say a huge thank you and a special well done to this year’s impressive, target-breaking team;

• Imogen Sharp - PhD student, LSHTM
• Martin Lewy - Imogen’s husband (also a professional in his own right)
• Heather Ingold - DrPH student, LSHTM, Programme Manager, WHO HQ
• Jolien Schraver - MSc Public Health 2022, Global Medical Affairs Program Manager at Novocure
• Grace O'Donovan - MSc Nutrition for Global Health 2022, Research Assistant, LSHTM
• Amy Brenner - MSc Epidemiology 2015, Assistant Professor in Epidemiology, LSHTM
• Kevin Brathwaite - Accounts Payable, LSHTM
• Payton Matthews - MSc Public Health 2024, LSHTM
• Ashlyn Anderson - MSc Nutrition for Global Health 2024, LSHTM
• Graeme Cappi - Director of IT Services, LSHTM
• Rachel Eagan - MSc Demography & Health 2021, Research Assistant, LSHTM
• Abigail Ngwang - MSc Public Health, Next Generation Scholar 2024, LSHTM
• Rachel Greenley - MSc Global Mental Health 2021, Research Fellow, LSHTM
• Entela Gjana - Research Finance Office, LSHTM
• Katie Fulford - MSc Nutrition for Global Health 2024, LSHTM
• Jessica Pashby - MSc Public Health 2022
• Meghan Kumar - MSc Health Policy Planning & Financing 2009, Associate professor and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at Northumbria University
• Professor Charlotte Watts - MPhil/PhD Public Health & Policy 1994, Chief Scientific Officer – Secondment
• Professor Ian Roberts - MSc Medical Demography 1997, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, LSHTM
• Jenni Sahlman - MSc Epidemiology 2024, LSHTM

Ashlyn (pictured above) says; ‘As a student fundraiser for LSHTM and a scholarship recipient, completing the London Landmarks Half Marathon provided me with an unforgettable opportunity to challenge myself physically and mentally to run the race while leaving a legacy as part of something greater than myself, by raising funds for the LSHTM Scholarship Fund. I also really appreciated the amazing support and motivation from Sarah Enderby Coles, LSHTM's Regular Giving Officer in the Development and Alumni Relations Office.’

Heather Ingold (DrPH student, LSHTM) prepares to take on 13.1 miles for LSHTM after travelling from Switzerland for the event.

Entela Gjana and Kevin Brathwaite from LSHTM’s Finance Department.

Martin Lewy, Jenni Sahlman, Entela Gjana, Imogen Sharp and Ashlyn meet by chance (or by vest) before the run.

Jolien Schraver, MSc Public Health 2022, running the LLHM 2024 for LSHTM.

Sarah Enderby Coles (Regular Giving Officer, LSHTM), Abigail Ngwang (MSc Public Health, and Next Generation Scholarship recipient 2024, LSHTM), and Grace O’Donovan MSc Nutrition for Global Health 2022, Research Assistant, LSHTM after the LLHM 2024.

Sarah and Ashlyn meet after the run. Ashlyn completed her first half marathon in exactly two hours.

Sarah Enderby Coles and Graeme Cappi meet after the run on the Embankment.

The two Rachels before running the London Landmarks Half Marathon together for LSHTM.

Abi Sakande dressed as a toilet before and after the Brighton Marathon in April 2024.

You’ve raised how much?

Our Cambridge Half Marathon team, 10 LSHTM runners who ran a half marathon in March 2024, has now raised an impressive £4,536. This is alongside repeat community fundraiser Abi Sakande, who took on the full Brighton Marathon this April dressed as a toilet and raised £3,761 in memory of his mum, LSHTM professor Val Curtis, a passionate WASH specialist and well-loved LSHTM staff member.

Once the totals of these events and the London Landmarks Half Marathon are combined, our teams of LSHTM Community Fundraisers have now raised a truly incredible £24,763 from these three events so far this year. Your fantastic work truly humbles us – thank you!

What’s next?

You can join our team of LSHTM cyclists on 15 September to ride 55 miles from London to Brighton.  to join our record-breaking team.