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Grant Westfield production engineer Calum Brown has raised £2,447 for Action for M.E. after completing the Edinburgh Marathon in under three hours.
The 26.2-mile challenge saw brown achieve a personal goal, finishing in 2 hours, 59 minutes and 52 seconds, just eight seconds under his target.
Calum ran in support of Action for M.E. following his wife Ella’s diagnosis with myalgic encephalomyelitis (M.E.) two years ago. The condition can cause debilitating fatigue, pain, sleep problems and cognitive difficulties, with severe cases leaving people bedbound.
Keen to raise both funds and awareness, Brown also pledged to donate £1 for every mile he trained from the beginning of 2026, contributing £550 towards the total.
He comments; “It was an honour and a privilege to represent Action for M.E. That run was for all of the people living with M.E. out there.”
“I was so overwhelmed with happiness at the end I cried four times on my way home, including in the car park when a kind citizen offered me an ice lolly.”
