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1000km run in 14 days for charity runner in memory of his wife and father

In 2008 Australian born Harald Ulriksen’s life changed forever. His beautiful wife, Brony, lost her six-year battle against breast cancer and his father died of lung cancer. Weighing in at over 120k Harald wasn’t a natural athlete, but chose to walk 2400km solo from Adelaide to Brisbane to ease his grief. That was the beginning of Harald’s extreme challenges to raise funds and awareness for charity in memory of his wife and father.

Five year’s on and Harald’s brought his fundraising to the UK. From 20th November 2012 he will run, unsupported, from Inverness to Brighton in just 14 days, averaging 70km every day in aid of three UK based charities; CHILDREN with CANCER UK, World Child Cancer and CLIC Sargent.

Harald, 41 and from Sydney, chose the UK charities as Brony worked with children at her dance school and the couple often discussed their desire to visit and tour the UK. Harald is hoping that by raising awareness of his run, the people of Great Britain will not only sponsor him but also show their support on route with provisions and shelter or by running part of the way with him.

Towns and cities Harald will run through include Kinross, Jedburgh, Newcastle, York, Nottingham and London (see below for full list).

Harald set up RunA2B, running from point A to point B to help promote fundraising for worthwhile charities that help people facing the fight against cancer. Past expeditions have included 1000km run from Melbourne to Sydney, 400km run in New Zealand and 500km in Spain, trekking and climbing in the Himalayas and a mammoth 3700km run in 65 days in Chile.

Harald explains “I am running in extreme conditions and extremely long distances to highlight the fight against cancer that families face every day. Unfortunately in the world, some families face it with less resources, support and medical attention than others. It is a long road with plenty of hurdles along the way and the endurance required is much like that of an endurance run.”

CHILDREN with CANCER UK funds life-saving research into the causes, prevention and treatment of childhood cancer and works to protect young lives through essential welfare and campaigning programmes.

World Child Cancer works to improve cancer diagnosis, treatment and palliative care for children across the developing world, redressing the global inequality in the treatment of child cancer.

CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people. It provides clinical, practical and emotional support for young cancer patients and their families, from diagnosis onwards.

Ends

Please include Harald’s fundraising page www.virginmoneygiving.com/runa2b

For more background info, visit www.runa2b.webs.com

For more information, please contact Harald Ulriksen +44 7745 957019 or [email protected]

Notes to Editors

Please use capitals for CHILDREN and CANCER UK

For more information and donations, log onto www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk

For more information about World Child Cancer, visit www.worldchildcancer.org

Please note that the name ‘CLIC Sargent’ should not be abbreviated to CLIC, and that the word ‘CLIC’ should always appear in capitals, as above. For more information visit www.clicsargent.org.uk

Schedule

Date Start location End location Average km

20/11 Inverness Newtonmore 72

21/11 Newtonmore Pitlochry 67

22/11 Pitlochry Kinross 72

23/11 Kinross Pathhead 72

24/11 Pathhead Jedburgh 61

25/11 Jedburgh Newcastle 81

26/11 Newcastle Stockton on Tees 71

27/11 Stockton on Tees York 79

28/11 York Bawtry 69

29/11 Bawtry Nottingham 65

30/11 Nottingham Corby 71

01/12 Corby Luton 79

02/12 Luton London 70

03/12 London Brighton 73