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Apr 2023
Last Updated: 06/04/2023
Harrogate couple run 127 miles in aid of Motor Neurone Disease charity
Georgina Hubbert and Robert Hamilton during their fundraising challenge down the Leeds Liverpool Canal.
A Harrogate couple have run 127 miles in aid of a Motor Neurone Disease charity.
Georgina Hubbert and Robert Hamilton took on the challenge last week in an effort to raise money and awareness of the condition.
The couple ran between 20 and 23 miles a day for six days along the Leeds Liverpool Canal.
Both were raising money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association, a charity which funds research and provides support to people with MND.
Ms Hubbert said the couple took on the challenge in memory of her nana, who lived with the condition.
She said:
“She was like a mum to me. She died quite young with it.”
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The couple aimed to raise £2,500 as part of the challenge.
Ms Hubbert, whose family had raised money for the charity before, said this was the first time she had taken on the fundraiser.
The challenge saw the couple start in Liverpool and make their way down the canal over six days before finishing in Leeds.
While the the fundraiser proved to be tough, Ms Hubbert said she enjoyed the experience.
You can donate to the couple’s fundraising effort on their JustGiving page here.
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