20-year-old athlete in bid to become youngest female to run length of the UK in 20 days
A 20 -year -old athlete from Bradford offers to be the youngest woman to manage the UK’s length in 20 days.
Ellie Horrocks, which has a Guinness world record to complete the 8,321 polls in 24 hours, announced its next Challenge project 20-20-20.
The durability event will see that Mrs Horrocks ran from John O’Groats to the end of Land in just 20 days and rises about 44 miles a day. He went on a 880 -mile journey on Friday.
It aims to collect £ 30,000 to buy 20 defibrillators in the UK gyms throughout the country and to finance the challenge.
Gofundme donations already hit more than £ more than £. He said: “I have chosen as much as I do not want the machines to be used in the first place … If they need to be used, they will potentially save someone’s life and keep a family together for a longer period.
“I noticed how important it is to be close to the defibs. I want to buy as much as possible, the more defibs we buy more lives.
Horrocks, a qualified crossfit coach and triathl, found scar tissue and reverse T waves in the extra, which records the electrical activity of the heart. “Cardiac stop can be anywhere, anywhere. In 2023, only 8.3 percent of 85,783 out -of -hospital cases in the UK received a defibrillator. I want to change it”.
His father Michael will support him along the way, and Mrs Horrocks was fueled by Spaghetti Bolognese on the first night of his challenge.
Speaking in a Youtube video about the new challenge, Mrs Horrocks said, “If my father always lives in my house, you should do sports twice a week, so I did amigo and swimming lessons. I found my love for sports for sports.”
Referring to how he discovered that he had a scar in his heart, he said: “Young people were doing this thing called heart risk, and everyone said that my heart was good.
“My T waves were upside down … I had to go and do tests.
John O’Groats said that the most difficult part of the Lands End struggle would probably get any injury, but mentally will be good on more than 880 miles.
