Press Releases from Tesco Great School Run (4 total)
Radcliffe in World Record Attempt
Marathon World Champion and World Record Holder, Paula Radcliffe, today started the world’s largest simultaneous running event - the Tesco Great School Run at schools in Leicestershire, Bedford and London.
Attempting to gain an official entry into the Guinness World Records Book, the Tesco Great School Run has seen 250,000 seven to 11 year-olds cross the finish line at thousands of schools across the UK and Ireland.
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UK kids first in race to make world record attempt
Children across the UK are the first out of the starting blocks in the race to enter the world record books with the Tesco Great School Run.
The Run will take place on Wednesday 21June. Organisers hope to set a new Guinness World Record when thousands of seven to 11 year-olds participate in a co-ordinated two-kilometre fun run at hundreds of schools across the UK and Ireland.
Schools also get the chance…
Running for Ghana with Tesco
A Perthshire primary school is breaking records to help African school children.
Muthill Primary School, in Crieff, is one of many schools taking part in this year’s Tesco Great School Run. Here, students are going the extra mile to raise funds to supply a Ghana school with vital equipment needed to help children study.
Keri Reid, a teacher at the school, is setting out on…
Schools prepare for world record attempt
Children from across the country are preparing to race into the Guinness World Records Book by taking part in the Tesco Great School Run.
The run takes place on Wednesday 21June. Organisers hope to set a new World Record when thousands of seven to 11 year-olds participate in a co-ordinated two-kilometre fun run at hundreds of schools across the UK and Ireland.
Schools also get the chance to win 100,000 Tesco Sports…
