Marcels Development Athletes

Greetings Running Family and friends of the community,

 

Many of you will know of Coach Marcel, the running coach that has a few of us as clients, and who is also a very active member of the running community in South Africa and Africa.

Whilst Marcel has many of us as clients (some past, present and hopefully in the future), what you may not know is that he does a huge amount for development athletes to ensure that if they show commitment and talent, that he paves the way for them to succeed. He does this at his own expense, and through donations and fundraising. He currently has two such athletes that are in desperate need of support. I will withhold their personal details to protect their privacy and dignity.

The first athlete is a very talented track runner with a time of 8.31 for 3,000m (#Wow!) and the second is an up-and-coming road runner. The one is orphaned and the other is from an impoverished background – neither of them have access to any financial resources that they can tap into for shoes, transport to races or ev...