Visits from San Francisco Libre

Milton

You may not be aware of this, but Reading Borough Council has declared year 2002 ”The year of the Twin Towns”. A whole range of activities is planned for the year, starting in March 2002 with the Half Marathon. Both Dusseldorff and San Francisco Libre managed to find a willing volunteer to come over and run the 13 1⁄2 miles on the 10th March.

Our runner, Milton, is the PE teacher at the local school in San Francisco Libre. He trained hard for the race. His airfare was paid for by money raised by Mark Lawrie, an employee of Reading Borough Council who run in the 2001 London Marathon.

Milton ran with Toni Pujol, a member of the Association, and together they raised money for San Francisco Libre. Our thanks go to Mark who made this visit possible and also to Safestore in Caversham, who provided Milton with a pair of running shoes. Thanks are also due to Reading Borough Council for all the support they have given to the organisation of the visit. So far the two runners have managed to raised just over 1000 pounds, which is tremendous.