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Inspired by Cool Runnings 4 guys are attempting to run the great north run in a bobsleigh! It is for the charity,  The Motor Neurone Disease Association and you can sponsor us Here

History

2 years ago Bag's girlfriend, Ali, ran the Sheffield Half Marathon and challenged Bag to do the same, he dodged it for a year but then agreed to run in last April's run. Bag even keen to get people involved decided that he should get his friends to come along to do it as well, so Des, Rocky and Ed were drafted in.

We were all running for Motor neuron Disease as Bag's family had been affected by the disease. On the eve of the race the usual gathering antics of Edward Ciderhands was deemed inappropriate so instead we all sat down and watched Cool Runnings. We all proceeded to run in respectable times for each of us and promptly forgot about running.

At least that is until one of friends who works for Motor Neuron Disease Association Helen Porter, got in contact and asked if we would run again in the Great North Run as they had spare spaces and could do with filling them.

Having agreed we then thought we should do a better job of raising money, everyone else seems to just be running and asking for money so we needed an angle and in the pub Cool Runnings got mentioned and all of a sudden we had a plan, run as 'The Jamaican Bobsleigh Team'

In case you hadn't guessed the site is currently being built so it is a little rough round the edges!