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Race for a Reason: they’ve done it!

2 minute read

Kelsey Smith

July 10th, 2025

Race for a Reason: they’ve done it!

2 minute read

Kelsey Smith

July 10th, 2025

We welcomed back our racers this morning, giving them all a huge congratulations for completing the challenge, raising over £20,000, and coming home in one piece!

Team Legacy won the challenge, finishing with a final adjusted time of 1 day 23 hours, 21 minutes. Below are the final adjusted times for each of the teams:

  • Team Legacy – 1 day, 23 hours, 21 minutes
  • Team St Leonard – 2 days, 6 minutes
  • Team Ruby – 2 days, 22 minutes
  • Team Moonlight – 2 days, 1 hour, 2 minutes
  • Team 1985 – 2 days, 1 hour, 46 minutes
  • Team Lenny – 2 days, 2 hours, 46 minutes
  • Team Copley – 2 days, 3 hours, 7 minutes
  • Team Rainbow – 2 days, 3 hours, 51 minutes
  • Team Sunflower – 2 days, 4 hours, 20 minutes
  • Team York – 2 days, 12 hours, 53 minutes

Each team took different routes across the region, covering a huge area of land and hitting different checkpoints.

Collective image of our Race for a Reason racers
Image of our Race for a Reason racers travelling on a train
Image of three Race for a Reason racers travelling

We’ve raised £20,094 so far, smashing through the £20,000 mark! Get donating so we can bring that number up and donate as much as possible to St Leonard’s Hospice.

20094 raised

including Gift Aid | as of 10/07/25

To continue supporting this amazing cause, please donate anything you can as every penny matters!

Donate today
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About the author

Kelsey joined Phoenix in late 2022 as the Content and Social Media Apprentice, moving into Content Executive in 2024 after working closely with the Marketing Team to develop her skills in digital marketing. Kelsey’s passion lies in content creation, which is reflected in her contributions across all areas of the business, from external and internal campaigns to our social media accounts.

Kelsey is not only keen to learn about marketing, but also the challenges organisations face and how Phoenix helps them overcome these.