A former bodybuilder who had not run further than 5km last year is taking on two marathons a day to travel across the UK in tribute to her mother and late brother. Georgie McLean began her journey from John O’Groats in Scotland at 6am on Tuesday and aims to complete the 875-mile trip to Land’s End in Cornwall in just 16 days. However in November 2020, during her training period, her brother Wayne suffered kidney failure and died suddenly following an infection, so she is now also fundraising for the renal ward at Royal Berkshire Hospital. She hopes to raise £25,000 in tribute to her brother and mother and has raised more than £3,000 so far. “It’s definitely been a challenging experience, overcoming grief and being a novice runner for starters… then overcoming the uncertainty of injury and just trying to arrange the whole operation during Covid,” Ms McLean added.

Source: Irish Independent June 01, 2021 12:21 UTC