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19 Oct 2006 10:28:38
Competitors who took part in the recent 13-mile Great North Run half marathon had their muscles treated to a sports massage by staff and students from the University of Bedfordshire.
Senior Sports Therapy lecturer, Tim Paine, and five students from the Division of Sport and Exercise Science took the seven-hour trip to Newcastle before setting up their clinic to ease the aching limbs of those who ran for the Muscular Dystrophy charity.
Tim said: “Students enjoyed playing an important role in helping athletes recover from the 13-mile run. This involved working independently with individual athletes which provided the students with invaluable experience. This will inevitably helps them become better sports therapy practitioners.”
More than 50,000 runners lined up at the start, making it the world’s biggest half marathon, with millions of pounds being raised for charity. England football manager, Steve McClaren, fired the starter’s pistol to get the race underway.
Celebrities taking part included Carol Vorderman, who was ‘Walking for Whitely’ in memory of the late TV Presenter Richard Whitely. Other celebrities taking part included Amanda Burton, Jimmy Nail and Eastenders’ Charlie Brooks.
The team massaged more than 60 competitors over a four-hour period including their very own Division Co-ordinator, Julia Lines, who completed the race in a time of two hours 12 minutes, despite carrying an injury.
Tim Said: “It was a long but rewarding day. It was good for the students to work with top competitors as well as those running for fun. We plan to bring more students next year, and once again take students to the London Marathon in April 2007.”
The University of Bedfordshire continues to work in partnership with Sports Therapy
UK at several sporting events around the country.
If you are interested in finding out more about Sports Therapy courses, call the University of Bedfordshire on 0800 389 6633 or visit www.beds.ac.uk
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