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'Couch-potato' Cabbies Lured Out For Run By 2012 Campaign

24.08.09

With their long hours behind the wheel and penchant for fry-ups, London cabbies are reputed to be among the capital's unhealthiest workers.

But next month scores will pull on running shoes as the latest conscripts in the national effort to make Britain more active before the Olympics.

The taxi drivers will take part in the five-kilometre Cabbies On The Run at Hackney Marshes on 12 September. The race, open to all, is one of the Olympic-themed events organised by the three2go campaign, which seeks to boost community sports.

Cabbies are among the target groups as it tackles couch-potato syndrome in the capital, where only one in five adults participates regularly in sport.

This year's events also include a one-kilometre run at Hackney Marshes and a cross-country marathon - from Ware to the East End. The Licensed Taxi Drivers Association is urging its 20,000 members to take up the challenge.

One driver, Mary Clarke, 38, from Hackney, said: "The nearest most get to sport is listening to football phone-ins."

Fellow cabbie Martin Leate, 49, from Greenwich, said: "We are having to work longer to earn the same money. A run makes a huge difference."

Source; ThisIsLondon.co.uk

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Come on Mr GBC, you're a member of the LTDA, so you should support their cause!

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Would you do it Brummie? I couldn't possibly do it cos I can't run in high heels

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I don't drive a London cab, but I have run marathons in my earlier days; Killer!!!

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I have a 34" waist Mr BC, that's the same measurment as it was when I was 21.

I'll stick to my cycling, runnings bad for the joints.

This is one London Cabby who doesn't need extra room up front for his gut.

I know you don't I was just asking if you would do it

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The trouble with women running is that they wave there hands about from side to side, around waist high, as if they are using a scythe in a field of wheat!!



Alan Carr does a great impression!!

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Yes I would if it was for a good cause & I had some time to practise.

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We're the biggest (and always will be) but we don't have 20'000 members.

Nice if we did though.

Perhaps when the socialists 'Train Club' show their true colours it'll start to rise. Cycle trips to Cuba only appeal to so many drivers.

I know they do and they flip their feet out too. I of course run properly when and if I have the need to run

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They'll be needing one of these.

Nigel I think some will need an oxygen mask and tank never mind an inhaler

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You fatty you, I'm only a 30.