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.
