Anne-Marie ‘Arry’ Beresford-Webb, (30) and Guy Hicks (31) from South Wales, UK, were due to set off running together on a 1027 mile multiday trail ‘Ultramarathon’ (1) in an attempt to raise money for two charities, the Gozo CCU Foundation Ventilator Fund and the Velindre Cancer Centre in Wales.
The very sad news is that Guy has had to pull out of the ‘Dragonrun 1027’ run around Wales due to medical reasons. He was given the bad news towards the end of last year and is extremely disappointed that he can’t complete the run.
Guy will still be very much involved in the fundraising and organising for the event and he firmly stands 100% behind Arry in completing the mammoth run. “Please keep up the support for Arry with the Dragonrun 1027 and please get more people involved as this is being completed for two outstanding charities,” Guy said.
Arry’s parents lived in Gozo and were both treated at the Gozo CCU prior to their passing away in 2007 and 2009.
‘The Dragon Run 1027,’ as it is called, will start in Cardiff Bay, in South Wales on the 24th of March 2012 and will involve Arry running 39.2 marathons (1027 miles) around the entire coastline of Wales and along the border of England and Wales, over a maximum time of 45 days, returning to Cardiff triumphant.
The aim is for Arry to run just over 26 miles a day for 6 or 7 days a week over 6 weeks. That is between 156 and 182 miles a week.
Arry and Guy plan on raising £25,000 for Velindre Stepping Stones Appeal [1] and the Gozo CCU Ventilator appeal [2].
Velindre Cancer Centre is the largest non-surgical cancer Hospital in Wales providing Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy and other specialised anti-cancer treatments for over half the people diagnosed with cancer in Wales. The Stepping Stones Appeal provides funding for local lung cancer research projects, educational grants to health professionals involved in the care of lung cancer patients and equipment provision to improve the way that lung cancer patients are treated.
Arry will be running with the support of volunteer back up drivers that will be driving along the nearest roads with blister plasters and other supplies.
The All Wales Coastal Path’ is a continuous path around the entire coastline of Wales. Funded by the Welsh Government (WG) and delivered through the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) that will officially open on the 5th of May 2012.
Anyone who wishes to make a donation or would like more information on the run, sponsors and the charities that will benefit, please visit http://www.dragonrun1027.co.uk/ [3].
(1) An Ultramarathon is classified as any run that is longer than 26.2 miles in length.