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Home > Alternative Sport > Runners will be aping around as the Great Gorilla Run swings into London

Runners will be aping around as the Great Gorilla Run swings into London

By Caroline King - September 12, 2013Posted in : Alternative Sport, FEATURED-STORIES

Great Gorilla Run, London When: 21st September 2013

Where: London

£: To enter the Great Gorilla Run costs £80 (plus you must raise at least £400 from sponsorship). The run is free to watch.

What is it?

The Great Gorilla Run is a 7km charity fun run through the City and Bankside areas of London where runners dress up as gorillas.

This is the 10th annual Great Gorilla Run which has so far raised £1.9 million for biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction projects in central Africa.  The run begins and ends at Mincing Court in the City, passing landmarks such as the Tower of London and St Paul’s Cathedral.

Runners get to keep their gorilla suits after they complete the course.

More info: www.greatgorillarun.org

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