Edinburgh man’s epic world record attempt to raise money for Emilie’s Charities
Ultra runner Michael Nowicki may be used to running long distances but he faces his greatest challenge yet when he takes on the Camino de Santiago in May 2014.
Michael hopes to raise funds for Emilie’s Charities through his extreme efforts. Emilie’s Charities supports projects involving under-privileged children and young adults in developing countries.
The Camino de Santiago is a 480 mile mountainous pilgrim route in the North of Spain. Pilgrims usually spend 20 to 30 days covering the scenic route but Michael aims to cover the distance in just eight days. The current record for completing the route is nine days and five hours.
To achieve his goal Michael has to put in hours of intensive distance training, including competing in a series of Scottish ultramarathons, to get his fitness to the point of running around 50 miles per day over eight consecutive days. As part of his gruelling training regime Michael, and some of his running friends, will be running both the West Highland Way and the Great Glen Way from 27 March to 30 March – that’s 174 miles over four days.
Ultrarunners are a sociable lot and Michael is extending a warm welcome to any runners that would like to join him for sections of his training runs or even to keep him company at any point along the way during his world record attempt. Anyone who’s interested should get in touch via Facebook or twitter @caminorun
Michael is particularly keen to raise funds for Emilie’s Charities, he said “As a parent, I love that Emilie’s Charities supports kids who just don’t have all the advantages my own son can take for granted here in Edinburgh; and they spread their support across such a variety of worthwhile projects some of which are quite small so just might not catch the attention of bigger charities.”
To sponsor Michael and help fund projects through Emilie’s Charities, go to his website here.
Founder of Emilie’s Charities,Martin Harris, said:- “‘We are extremely grateful to Michael for choosing Emilie’s Charities as beneficiary of the sponsorship from his epic run and wish him all the best with his world record attempt’
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Emilie’s Charities was set up in memory of Emilie Harris who was tragically killed in a cycling accident in Oxford in 2004. Emilie had recently been elected as Charities Representative for her college, St. Catherine’s, and had previously worked in an orphanage in South America and visited Africa. She was very moved by her experiences where she saw first hand the issues of poor and orphaned children.
Submitted by Angela Barron
