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BATON carrier Simon Gillibrand and wife Helen
Marathon date for baton runner Simon
18/ 2/2002
BEFORE Simon Gillibrand gets his hands on the Queen's Jubilee Baton he has the little matter of a date in the capital.
Together with his wife Helen the 35-year-old has agreed to tackle the punishing 26 miles which make up one of the most gruelling events on the sporting calendar - the London Marathon.
It will be the couple's first marathon but they are already well into a training programme which regularly sees them clocking up 40 miles a week around the streets of Middleton.
As a diabetic Simon, of Springfield Road, Durnford, Middleton also hopes his efforts on 14 April swell the coffers of the charity Diabetes UK, which he has chosen to represent.
Like most people who have been chosen to carry the baton on its way to the Commonwealth Games the first Simon knew was when he got a letter through the door. Helen has owned up that she nominated him.
Simon, who works as a customer liaison manager with BAE Systems at the Greengate factory in Middleton Junction, said: "I am really looking forward to it. After all the training I've been doing for the marathon then I shouldn't have any problems with the 500 yds."
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