Nicky Hill was one of 114 incredible #TeamOrange runners who took on the sweltering temperatures to complete the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon for Muscular Dystrophy UK. She tells us why she was running and raising money to help the fight against muscle-wasting conditions.
“30 years ago I lost my two brothers, Gary and Matthew to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. In September 2017, my eldest daughter announced she was 3-months pregnant. Because I am a carrier of the disease I mistakenly believed a test carried out 23 years ago on my baby girls showed they were not carriers. To my horror I found this was not the case. Jubilation quickly turned to dread. Over the next three months tests carried out on my daughter eventually came back negative. I’m now a proud grandmother of a healthy grandson, the first boy in three generations. These experiences galvanised me to run in the 2018 London Marathon and raise money for Muscular Dystrophy UK.” Nicky braved the warmest London Marathon on record to finish in 5 hours and 42 minutes, which was a great achievement!
Along with training for the Marathon. Nicky has been doing a variety of fundraising events to help her raise as much money as possible, including setting up the ‘Billericay Big Prize Raffle Draw’. “As part of my fundraising and with the support of many local businesses I have organised the Billericay Prize Draw. I hope to sell 1000 raffle books and raise £5000.” A book of 5 raffle tickets cost just £5 and they are a wide array of fantastic prizes to be won! The draw for the raffle will take place on Saturday 19 May. To find out more about the raffle or to purchase raffle tickets please head to http://www.naturesflowers.co.uk