Huddersfield Marathon Marching Band regain their title!
Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:08:00 BST
People from all over UK came to the 34th edition of Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 13 April. It's the world’s largest annual fundraising event and since 1981 runners have raised over £600 million for good causes.
Out of the 36000 people that took part in London Marathon, our Huddersfield Marathon Marching Band was the highlight of the day. 
The band, mostly made up of music students from University of Huddersfield, were said to be "exhausted but elated."
Lisa Colton, Music subject leader, said: "We are so proud of them. They have beaten the world record and will probably smash their fundraising target as well. And they've done all this in addition to their studies, which is fantastic."
Christine Avis, Music BMus student described how she trained for this competition.
“Me and Asher (also in the band) trained at our local park early, waking up at 6 every day. We loosely followed the Virgin Marathon plan, along with days out with other participants (including a walk to Castle Hill and back) and a walk from Huddersfield to Mirfield. “
Twitter feeds flowed with congrats for their achievement as soon as the competition ended.
GuinnessWorldRecords @GWR: Congratulations to @HudMaraBand2014 who've reclaimed fastest marathon by a marching band in 6h 56m 44s cc: @Sensetweets #LondonMarathon
@TheDukeOfYork: Congratulations to @HudMaraBand2014 on achieving a Guinness World Record @GWR today#londonmarathon
@HUDVC: @HuddersfieldUni Fantastic! @HudMaraBand2014 wins Guinness World Record from Germany!!! Pls support their charity: justgiving.com/hmb2014
@Sensetweets: Marathon Marching Band set new world record! http://www.sense.org.uk/content/marathon-marching-band-set-new-world-record … #runforsense @HudMaraBand2014
@NABBSS: Congratulations @HudMaraBand2014 on your new world record and an absolutely awesome achievement! #brilliantbrass
@BrightonBrass: Congrats to @HudMaraBand2014 on smashing the record today at the London Marathon!!
Follow them on Twitter @HudMaraBand2014
And don't forget to support their charity: donate or wear The Orange hat - just like Sir Patrick Stewart!
