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George Mathias

RunPod

Global

Running, Sports, Health & Fitness

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

There are some people who are very special indeed and in this episode of RunPod, we hear from one of them. George Mathias wanted to give back after his younger brother was admitted to hospital as a little boy. He has now raised a very impressive £800,000 for the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital to show his gratitude and he’s managed it through running. The most remarkable part is that George is only 13 years old. He tells us how a surprise from Simon Cowell kicked off the craziest year of his life and how running is now a Matthias family activity! George has not only raised an unbelievable amount of money, he’s also won more awards than he can count and after listening to this episode, you’ll be so motivated, you’ll want to get out there and run a mile...or maybe a lot more. Never one to sit still, George is hoping that other children and young people will get involved in a challenge he’s currently doing with the Prince’s Trust. Are you up for it? You’ll get all the details right here. Happy running!

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0:00.0

This episode of Rumpod is sponsored by M&S, where you can shop all your favourite sportswear brands.

0:11.9

Hi there, I'm Jenny Falconer, and I'd like to welcome you to a very special episode of Rumpad.

0:17.3

Special, because we're going to hear from someone truly unique, impressive, inspiring and

0:23.0

massively motivated. And you might think, how is that so different from all the other episodes?

0:27.1

Because every week we hear from people who have quite remarkable stories about their running

0:30.8

journeys. Well, this time I think what sets this guest apart from the others is that he has

0:35.3

achieved so much and he is just 13 years old.

0:39.9

Let me introduce you to my mate George. Hi George. Hi there. How are you? Oh yeah, I'm doing

0:46.3

really good, yeah. Yeah. I mean, I know you because a couple of years ago, you won, well, you won a Pride of

0:51.2

Britain Award. Yeah, I did. Since then, you've been doing work with the Prince's Trust, of which I'm an ambassador.

0:56.4

So you asked me to get involved with something along the lines there, didn't you?

0:59.8

And how could I resist?

1:02.1

Now, with George today, well, we have a room full of people, by the way.

1:05.8

We've got the whole family here.

1:07.7

We've got Richard, who's here.

1:09.3

You say hello.

1:10.1

Hello. And in the background, if you can

1:11.6

hear Sue. Hi. Hello. And we've got James. Hi. You can just hear him in the... So they're kind of

1:17.2

more spectators of the recording session today, but it's Richard, you've come on with George to have a little

1:22.2

chat because your world has completely changed in the last few years. It really has.

1:27.9

Running has really gave my confidence,

1:30.1

and it also took me places and never thought I would ever go.

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