In it for the long run21st June 2018 | published by EW SHARE
EN talks to Mike Seaman, founder of Raccoon Events, about the highs and lows of launching the National Running Show.
Sometime a new show launches and you find yourself wondering, ‘why has no one done this before?’
So it was when EN first heard about the National Running Show.
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