Contact us

We're right here ready to answer all your questions - just email Ellie or Paul using this form, we're looking forward to hearing from you!

Name *
Name

The Team

Now in its third year, the #RiftMaz wouldn't be half the incredible event it is without the team we are lucky enough to have behind it!

It is so important to all of us that this experience is one of the best (we really mean THE best but we're being modest) you'll ever have. From greeting you at the airport to cheering you across the finish line, running by your side on the group runs to banging drums with you in a drum circle - this event is more than a marathon and we're more than race directors. Get used to these faces ;)

Ellie Lacey Co-Founder and Race & Event Organiser | Blog: smellyellie.co.uk

Ellie Lacey

Co-Founder and Race & Event Organiser | Blog: smellyellie.co.uk

Paul Lacey Co-Founder and Race & Event Organiser

Paul Lacey

Co-Founder and Race & Event Organiser

Steve Williams Co-Founder of the KCDC , and Creator of Kyaninga Lodge &  Kyaninga Dairy

Steve Williams

Co-Founder of the KCDC, and Creator of Kyaninga Lodge & Kyaninga Dairy

Fiona Beckerlegge Co-Founder & Clinical Director of KCDC

Fiona Beckerlegge

Co-Founder & Clinical Director of KCDC

Kendra Hall Marketing and Comms

Kendra Hall

Marketing and Comms

Carlos Kyaninga Lodge Manager

Carlos

Kyaninga Lodge Manager

Yiga Frances Ex-Ugandan international athlete Yiga is a local running coach and our local running advisor

Yiga Frances

Ex-Ugandan international athlete Yiga is a local running coach and our local running advisor

Exile Medics Our amazing team of medics from Europe here for your safety during race week

Exile Medics

Our amazing team of medics from Europe here for your safety during race week

Photographer Can you help us? We're looking for a photographer based in Uganda for race day - 1st Dec 2018 :)

Photographer

Can you help us? We're looking for a photographer based in Uganda for race day - 1st Dec 2018 :)

Facebook: 

Instagram @Running_theRift:

I got sent something EXCITING today! @blacks_online finished crafting the video of us at the @adidas Infinite Trails World Champs back in June. Watching it brings back all the upset and frustration from race day but also all the trepidation, beauty, and team joy of the whole experience. See the story of that weekend unfold - link to the brilliant vid is in my bio 🤗 and you might also spot a very small bump - the fourth member of #teamblacks 😍 . . . . . #runbecauseyoucan #infinitetrailswch #austrianalps #runhappy #runthealps #runningteam #trailrunnergirl #mountainrunning #babyonboard #nevergiveup #challengeyourbody
I don’t usually post photos of food (because my cooking mainly consists of toast or porridge tbf) but this is not just any food. The Royal Free Hospital in London is in swanky, fancy Hampstead Heath, surrounded by cafes - some of which I frequented in pyjamas while recovering last year. And there’s one little cafe in particular that Paul and I took a liking to, partly because George Orwell used to live there (I assume it wasn’t a cafe at the time), and partly because they know how to scone. Every time I come back for a transplant check up, Paul and I sneak in a scone before the journey home. . Relevance Ellie? Well, today I had my first check up at the Royal Free since becoming preggers, and I’d almost forgotten how that hospital makes me feel. The distinctive smell, the cranky little lifts, the familiar staircase and corridors I used to roam in my hospital-issue red grippy socks. This is the hospital that saved my life. The smell is the first smell I inhaled after my transplant, the corridors were where I learnt to walk again, the ten flights of stairs between my ward and the cafe were my Everest. And today I took my little bump there with me - I can’t even begin to tell you how unimaginable that was to me when I was here in those red socks. . It’s always quite emotional, in a very good way, to come back. But today was even more special. So it wouldn’t have been right not to have a scone to mark the occasion! #thankyounhs #organdonation . . . . . #babybump #scone #royalfreehospital #memories #livertransplant #transplantpregnancy #donatelife #thisgirlcaneat #runbecauseyoucan
I’ll be honest...today’s 3k race at the Transplant Games went an awful lot better than I’d hoped! A gold medal and the Lynn Hindle Memorial Trophy - I think my little onboard mascot is giving me some magic power! . @fehrtrade I’ll keep it safe and shiny for you until next year👌 . And just the most ENORMOUS thank you for all the absolutely lovely comments on yesterday’s post - I haven’t stopped smiling! . . . . #babyonboard #transplantgames #runchatuk #transplantsport #livertransplant #thankyounhs #organdonation #thisgirlcanrun #runningggirl #thankyounhs #runhappy
Paul and I have just set off en route to the British Transplant Games 2018, and this year we’re taking along a very special participant...may we introduce the teeny tiny pair of (future Olympic running) feet that belong to our not-yet-fully-cooked baby! . Link in bio to my latest blog post...although the only bit really worth reading is the last paragraph: “it’s all because of her” - because it is, and I so wish I could show her this photo. #organdonor ❤️ I’m so grateful I get to share it with all of you ☺️ . . . . #runbecauseyoucan #runningblogger #transplantgames #yesidonate #organdonation #nhsorgandonor #runnersfeet #futurerunner #startthemyoung #transplantpregnancy