Rosie Swale Pope, who completed a five-year round-the-world run in 2008, has set off on a new challenge in a bid to raise money for charity.
The 63-year-old adventurer, who aims to complete 26 marathons in 26 days, started from her home town of Tenby, west Wales.
She is hoping to cover 681 miles before the end of the month to raise money for Ty Hafan children’s hospice in Cardiff and Helen & Douglas House in Oxford.
Mrs Pope will run marathons in towns including Cardiff, Bristol, Bath and Brighton before finishing in Llanelli on April 30.
She started on a 20,000-mile run on her 57th birthday in 2003 and came back to Tenby in August 2008. The adventure ran round the world in memory of her husband, who died of cancer.
Mrs Pope was honoured with an MBE for her achievement last month, during which she wore out 53 pairs of shoes.
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Helo ! Nice to know about this unique woman Mrs Pope ! She’s incredible ! Her determination must be extremely strong which held her running for 5 years . There are hardly any people who do things for social cause .
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