It was a "particularly poor" month for car and machinery firms, she added.
He is raising money to build a newwhere Alice was a pupil.
It will be dedicated to Alice and Bebe, who previously attended the school.Alexandra Aguiar, Alice's mum, says her daughter would have loved to see "her friends play on the playground that [bears] her name"."The fact her name will be overlooking the playground forever, that would make her feel special," she says. "And [I'm sure it's the] same for Bebe."
Mrs King agrees, saying the new playground is a fitting tribute. "It's really special that all [Bebe's] friends from that school will have this lasting legacy of her," she says."She'd be over the moon that she could bring some happiness to her friends and the kids of Churchtown."
Ms Aguiar also feels her daughter will be accompanying her dad in spirit during the marathon. "She's always with us. And she's going to be there helping daddy."
She says she knows how Alice would have celebrated his efforts: "She would have made a big thing of it and told everyone. She would also bring her shopping list to do after the marathon!"China routinely denies involvement and a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington DC told BBC News that the latest accusation was part of a smear attack without any factual basis.
"The US needs to stop using cyber security to smear and slander China, and stop spreading all kinds of disinformation about the so-called Chinese hacking threats," embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu said.The US has not supplied any evidence that China is responsible for the hack.
Two months after NFL star Tyreek Hill was pulled from his car and handcuffed outside his home stadium during a traffic stop, the citations a police officer gave him have been dropped.Police bodycam footage shows the Miami Dolphins wide receiver lying face down on the road while an officer kneels on his back. Hill has repeatedly called for the officer to be fired.