Sellafield donation helps Cumbria’s ‘Marathon Man’ smash £500,000 mark
Our 5 figure gift will benefit Macmillan Cancer Support and Hospice at Home West Cumbria.
Left to right: Mark Neate, Sellafield Ltd’s Environment, Safety and Security Director, met Gary McKee at the Sellafield site to give him the good news.
Sellafield Ltd has donated £55,000 to Gary McKee on the eve of his 365th and final marathon.
Gary, a shift team leader at Sellafield Ltd, completes his epic challenge to run a marathon every day in 2022 on New Year’s Eve.
Shortly before he set out for the final time, we confirmed the donation from our social impact fund to take his grand total to £500,000.
Following Gary’s lead we made his beneficiaries, Macmillan Cancer Support and Hospice at Home West Cumbria, our chosen charities of 2022.
That means they benefited from charitable activities by our employees throughout the year, including almost £10,000 raised by our graduates.
Mark Neate, Sellafield Ltd’s Environment, Safety and Security Director, met Gary at the Sellafield site to give him the good news.
He said:
Everyone at Sellafield is incredibly proud of Gary.
To run one marathon can be a lifetime achievement for some. To run 365 consecutively in one year is a staggering achievement.
By the end of the challenge he’ll have run for more than 60 days solid. And the total distance of 9526.5 miles is further than travelling from the UK to Australia. Simply amazing!
Our donation is a thank you from everyone at Sellafield to show our gratitude and respect for Gary’s achievement.
Gary has been a fundraiser for MacMillan Cancer Support for almost 20 years.
Previous fundraising exploits have included cycling across Brazil, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, and trekking through New Zealand.
He’s also jumped out of aeroplanes, walked across hot coals, and rowed the equivalent distance of England to France and back via the English Channel.
And Gary’s no stranger to extreme running challenges: he’s run from Land’s End to John ‘O’ Groats; run, walked and cycled the Coast-to-Coast route; and run the 3 Peaks Challenge
In 2017 he ran 100 marathons in 100 days, and he’s also completed 7 London marathons. To make his first London marathon in 2015 that bit more gruelling, he ran from Cumbria to London before starting the course.
But 365 marathons in 365 days has been his biggest challenge and one he’ll struggle to top.
To donate, visit Gary’s Just Giving page:
Gary McKee’s Three Six Five Challenge - Macmillan Cancer Support and Hospice at Home West Cumbria