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Home > Alternative Sport > Aping around in London with some gorillas

Aping around in London with some gorillas

By Caroline King - September 14, 2010Posted in : Alternative Sport

Great Gorilla Run, 26th September 2010 When: 26th September 2010, from 10.30am

Where: The City of London and Bankside

What is it?

Now in its eighth year, the Great Gorilla Run has become a much loved fixture of London life.  The Great Gorilla Run sees around 750 runners dressed as gorillas – and on top of this fancy dress – running 7k round London’s Southbank and Bankside, past such iconic monuments as Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, the Tate Modern and Millennium Bridge in the name of gorilla conservation.

Great Gorilla Run, 26th September 2010

As much fun for the runners as it is for those passers-by seeing a gorilla sprinting past, the Great Gorilla Run has undoubtedly become one of London’s best charity fun runs. Conservationist Bill Oddie will this year set off the starting pistol and hand out medals to weary runners.  Bill Oddie OBE a long supporter of the Gorilla Organization comments: “This is the most fun event for conservation going on anywhere in the world.”

The Great Gorilla Run is a brilliant chance to do something totally different in London, and usually raises around £250,000 a year for gorilla conservation in West Africa.

More info: Great Gorilla Run

Tagged With: Great Gorilla Run, London, The Gorilla Organization

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