# Lord Archer aims for marathon fundraising record

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/11/18/lord-archer-aims-marathon-fundraising-record/
- Published: 2003-11-18T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Disgraced peer Lord Archer is aiming to run in next year’s London Marathon and raise
£1 for every inch of the course, a total of £1.66m.
The current world record for
fundraising in a marathon event is held by P Diddy, the American rap musician, who
raised £1.19m in the 2003 New York Marathon.

 

 

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One of the charities likely to benefit from Archer’s run will be the British Heart
Foundation.

 

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