{"id":313,"date":"2019-04-29T11:46:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T11:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalbuzz-sa.com\/kzn\/?p=313"},"modified":"2019-04-29T11:46:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T11:46:20","slug":"durban-gardener-achieves-in-london-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalbuzz-sa.com\/kzn\/news\/durban-gardener-achieves-in-london-marathon","title":{"rendered":"Durban Gardener Achieves in London Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Michael<\/a><\/p>\n

Durban – The Florida Road gardener Michael Ndlovu, 52, has achieved an astonishing result in the 39th London Virgin Money Marathon in the United Kingdom this Sunday, 26th April 2019.<\/p>\n

Durban Gardener Achieves Astonishing Place in Elite London Marathon<\/h3>\n

South African Michael achieved a time of 2 hours, 42 minutes and 45 seconds; and has been placed 14th in his 50-54 year old age-group with an overall place of 570 in the largest and most prestigious marathon in the world with over 40\u2019000 runners.<\/p>\n

The winner of the men\u2019s race was Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, the worlds most decorated marathon runner, who not only won for a record fourth time, but set a new London Marathon<\/a> record achieving the second fastest marathon time ever, at a punishing 2 hours, 2 minutes and 37 seconds.<\/p>\n

Michael\u2019s lifelong ambition to run an international marathon was made possible by his employers Urban Lime Properties, specialists in commercial property urban-regeneration. The company, employs Michael as a Groundsman on their Florida Road properties and teamed up with a UK charity Fields in Trust, dedicated to preserving green areas for public use to secure a much sought after place in the marathon.<\/p>\n

An overwhelmed, but jubilant Michael was greeted at the finish line by Urban Lime CEO Jonny Friedman said, \u201cMy Zulu headband brings me luck when I run; it was a good race, but it is cold, I miss Durban weather.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jonny Friedman, CEO of Urban Lime said \u201cMichael did South Africa and Durban proud today, coming 14th in his group, in the most elite marathon in the world. What a true champion. This entire experience has been quite challenging for him but his humble determination shines through and his result today is a true reflection of his extraordinary character. We are all so proud to be able to make his dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael lands back in Durban this Wednesday 1st of May and says, \u201cNo rest, I start training for the Comrades when I land.\u201d<\/p>\n

MARATHON FACTS
\n* Some 444,168 people applied in the ballot for a place, 7.3% more than last year, and 56,398 were successful with just over 40,000 runners taking part.
\n* 44% of the applicants were women and more than half of all runners have never taken part in a marathon race before
\n* The event’s Charity of the Year 2019 is Dementia Revolution, a partnership between Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Research. Its fundraising target is \u00a33.5 million (almost 65 million ZAR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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