Back in June, we reported on the intention of local athlete Milly Voice, whose family live in Pett Level, to compete in the Swiss Alps 100. This is a 100 kilometre endurance ultra-run starting and finishing at Fiesch – at the base of Europe’s biggest glacier – and encompassing a total elevation, run over several mountains, of 22,550 feet.
A teacher by profession, she is an experienced trail runner with several previous international events already completed, and she finished in a time of 17 hours 50 minutes, having started at 6:30am on Saturday, August 13 and crossing the finish line in the early hours of the following morning. She was the fourth female overall to finish and the first British woman.
Milly was running in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and specifically for the Macmillan Horizon Centre in Brighton which is adjacent to the Sussex Cancer Centre. Her mother, Pamela, is receiving treatment for an aggressive breast cancer.
She has so far raised over £11,000 excluding gift aid for Macmillan Cancer Support. If you would like to support her achievement and donate to Macmillan, you can do so at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/millyvoiceruns100.
Image Credits: Amelia Voice .
An amazing achievement on completing the route and being 4th women to do so out of the runners and being 1st GB runner.
As a non runner I can’t imagine running for so many hours and in such challenging terrain.
If anyone would be interested they may hear Milly on radio BBC Sussex this coming Tuesday 23rd at 11.05 am.. I caught her interview before she did the run..so think it will be well worth listening to her post run interview.
The Brighton Macmillan Horizon Centre must also be pleased by so many people supporting their work through Milly wanting to dedicate her run to the charity .and raising a worthwhile sum. A win win for all
The BBC radio Sussex changed the day for the Milly interview to be aired..( not as written above Tuesday )
I caught it on Thursday 25th August…just after the news at 11am…
So any one can listen to it on I player etc…worth listening to.
Actually Hearing Milly speak brings to a reality what she achieved…running in the Alps and also the wonderful work that Macmillan Horizon Centre does for those with a Cancer diagnosis …