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'OUT OF THE SADDLE' PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH THE DOWNINGS

Following another successful years racing in the UK and in Europe Dean and Russell Downing are inviting fellow cyclists to celebrate the end of the road season in style.

This year Russell has dominated the domestic road race scene, topping his season off with an amazing win in the tour of Ireland, whilst older brother Dean has celebrated success in the Tour Series criteriums, winning the Elite Circuit Series and the birth of his daughter. The evening will be presented by Eurosport’s cycling commentary expert, David Harmon.

Special guests and local stars will join the two Rotherham brothers who will present a series of events made attractive by a charity auction. Various items of cycling memorabilia will be on offer to the highest bidder, proceeds of which will go to the Geoff Thomas Foundation.

Rotherham’s Sitwell Park Golf Club will host the night on Saturday 21st November, Tickets are priced at £20.00 and are available now. For further details and to reserve your place on this exclusive evening contact J T Smith via email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

GEOFF GEARS UP FOR BIRMINGHAM HALF MARATHON

Geoff continued his preparations for this year's EDF Energy Birmingham Half Marathon on Sunday 11th October by taking part in an exclusive training session with EDF Energy race sustainability consultant and professional Ironman triathlete' Toby Radcliffe, held in Birmingham's Cannon Hill Park.

Toby was on hand to provide Geoff with race preparation tips for the event which already has 10,000 runners signed-up. Geoff will be in good company in Birmingham - Paula Radcliffe will also be competing in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships as part of the event.

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Not even out of breath! Geoff keeps up with Ironman triathlete Toby Radcliffe.

There’s still time to join Geoff and the 100-strong GTF Team. Simply go to www.birminghamhalfmarathon.com and select the Geoff Thomas Foundation as your chosen charity.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN AUTUMN GET-FIT CHALLENGE?

Do you fancy joining Geoff and his team to run the Birmingham Half Marathon on Sunday 11th October?

Geoff is urging his supporters to get into their trainers, take up the challenge and raise valuable funds for the GTF too.

‘You don’t have to be an experienced runner to join us. There is still plenty of time for those new to running to start their training programme now to ensure that they are ready for the event. This is about giving people the chance to achieve a new goal and also about having a good day out too with the GTF Team,’ said Geoff.

To help newly-recruited runners, Geoff’s former Wolves colleague Don Goodman, who will running alongside Geoff, has devised an eight-week countdown training programme through his health and fitness development company, Formula GFi, for anyone who wants to prepare for the event from scratch. Click Here to download the programme

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