My name is Andrew and as a child at age 5, I suffered severe burns across most of my body which has left me with various lifelong disabilities. I have little running experience beyond some running up to 10k in University almost 15 years ago.
I plan to run the 34-mile Ultra Bach across the Swansea/Gower coastline this October – having never run a marathon or other longer race before. Major surgery in February 2024 has left me back at square one in my fitness.
I’ll be doing this for my charity – The Katie Piper Foundation which is the leading charity in the UK providing burns rehabilitation, dedicated to supporting people who have experienced life-altering burns and scarring.
The Gower Ultra Bach is part of the Gower Trail races taking place in October 2024
All your donations and hugely appreciated and will make a difference to this charity and the people they help. Bang it here to help: https://www.justgiving.com/page/andrew-runs-an-ultra-kp
Andrew and his family are friends to us here at Upcomingdiscs all the way from the UK. You may recall an interview done with his father Gavin a while back for his book: The Execution, Life And Times Of Patrick O’Donnell. I hope during this Holiday time you might share a little to help this young man use his own misfortune to help others. Bang it here to learn about the race.
https://www.runwalkcrawl.co.uk/gower-coastal-trail-races-2022
