The Boston marathon is the oldest marathon in the world and is one of the biggest events on the planet. It has one of the most successful Charity programmes of any marathon and in its 25 years has raised over $133 million.  The bombings were inexplicable and we at Runforcharity.com are still in shock at what happened at this year’s race. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the 3 people who were killed, the hundreds of innocent bystanders injured, and the people of Boston.

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The tragedy of the Marathon Boston bombing shocked and saddened the world and with the London Marathon scheduled for the following weekend feelings were, that perhaps runners and supporters will be nervous about participating and the event should potentially be cancelled – Fortunately this was not the case.

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Charity runs traditionally see celebrities of all shapes & sizes fundraising for great causes.  Here's a little tribute to some of our favourite Politicians, TV Stars, Celebrity Chefs, Sports Stars & Musicians who have run for charity. You might just be surprised at which celebs have taken on a daunting distance and joined the celebrity charity running hall of fame.

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By sigining up as a charity runner you will receive: 

• Discounts on this great series of events
• Help and advice every step of the way
• The complete Zombie Evacuation Race fundraisers guide
• Host of other benefits provided by one of our charity members

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Click here to find a charity to run for or Click Here to sign up with your own charity

By sigining up as a charity runner you will receive: 

• Discounts on this great series of events
• Help and advice every step of the way
• The complete Spartan Race fundraising guides
• Host of other benefits provided by one of our charity members

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Charity running manages to attract more and more of the big names who appear on our tv sets every year. In fact we are surprised there has not been a reality tv show called running with the stars or I am celebrity run me out of here or something equally as ridiculous! If one does emerge in the next few years you heard it here first folks!

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We all believe at times that politicians are incapable of being honest and doing something good for the world. It is for this reason that we would like people to know about a select few political figure heads that have put their money where their mouth is, strapped on their running shoes and shaken the charity tin. 

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There are a great number of movie stars who have taken time out from battling transformers, attending fight club, arranging college fraternity parties and romancing batman to take up charity running. Here is our list of the top 5 movie stars who have raised money by running for charity.

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Many celebrity funny men have tightened up there running shoes and taken on a run for charity. It is normally their job to have us falling around on the floor in fits of laughter but on these occasions they have filled us with admiration instead. These special people have taken on the Virgin London Marathon, The Brighton Marathon, The Great Manchester Run and a host of their own runs to raise money for charity. Well lets put the smiles aside and put our hands together for the Run for charity top 5 celebrity funny runners.

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Running for charity is an amazing thing to do but don’t forget there will be costs involved, so please don’t be surprised and think about the below before committing to run for charity. Charities will do all they can to keep the costs involved down for you so try and give the charities the same courtesy by being as prompt with payments as you can.

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