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Wonder Woman Ellie Schofield
John Field10 Jun 2020 - 17:15
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30 Marathons in 30 Days
Most people have been sat enjoying the sun at home in their gardens but not one Wonder Woman Ellioe Schofield. Our ex junior coach and player who is a part of our Ladies Squad has spent lockdown running 30 marathons in 30 days yes you read it correctly. With an average time of 3 hrs 30 minutes Ellie has been up each day before 8am to run 26.2 miles per day and 786 miles in total all for a great cause a charity called Bloody Good period which is based in London.
Ellie who is a PT and runs bootcamps started to ask for donations of sanitary products to gift the charity back in September instead of clients paying their fees and had already collected a mass of products. Ellie then wondered what elseshe could acheive if she created a way in which she could not only raise awareness but collect donations and raise much needed funds to help. having been in touch with the charity Ellie set herself the task of running 30 marathons in just 30 days with a target of £1000. Not only did she reach her target but Ellie actually smashed it by a whopping 485% raising a massive £4851 !
The charity works to eliminate period poverty within the uk by collecting donations and then distributing products to refugees, asylum seekers and those who can't afford them, something that you would not think is happening in the UK but it is.
The inability to buy adequate sanitary products is effecting womens and girls in the hundreds and is happening right here in our country. the problemoften centres around Britains poorest, but is in no way helped by the silencearound the topic.
The event was going to take place in a local gym but the Covid-19 pandemic forced Ellie to hold the challenge in the front room on a treadmill in her parents family home in some of the warmest weather the Uk has seen for years. Everyone at Hepworth United, Family and Friends are immensely proud of her acheivements no more so than her parents who now have their front room back to normal.
Throughout the challenge Ellie continued to run her online bootcamps and has sdince been out pounding the tarmac despite having sore and bruised feet. We all eagerly await her next challenge, is she mad ? quite possibly yes ! but what a super human effort and a fasntastic total raised. Lets see if the Ladies who follow her bootcamps obtain her Wonder Woman powers.
Ellie who is a PT and runs bootcamps started to ask for donations of sanitary products to gift the charity back in September instead of clients paying their fees and had already collected a mass of products. Ellie then wondered what elseshe could acheive if she created a way in which she could not only raise awareness but collect donations and raise much needed funds to help. having been in touch with the charity Ellie set herself the task of running 30 marathons in just 30 days with a target of £1000. Not only did she reach her target but Ellie actually smashed it by a whopping 485% raising a massive £4851 !
The charity works to eliminate period poverty within the uk by collecting donations and then distributing products to refugees, asylum seekers and those who can't afford them, something that you would not think is happening in the UK but it is.
The inability to buy adequate sanitary products is effecting womens and girls in the hundreds and is happening right here in our country. the problemoften centres around Britains poorest, but is in no way helped by the silencearound the topic.
The event was going to take place in a local gym but the Covid-19 pandemic forced Ellie to hold the challenge in the front room on a treadmill in her parents family home in some of the warmest weather the Uk has seen for years. Everyone at Hepworth United, Family and Friends are immensely proud of her acheivements no more so than her parents who now have their front room back to normal.
Throughout the challenge Ellie continued to run her online bootcamps and has sdince been out pounding the tarmac despite having sore and bruised feet. We all eagerly await her next challenge, is she mad ? quite possibly yes ! but what a super human effort and a fasntastic total raised. Lets see if the Ladies who follow her bootcamps obtain her Wonder Woman powers.
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