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My name is Gordon Hughes, I live in a little village in North Wales called Llanaelhearn and I am 35 years old this year.

I have not always ran, in fact I hated sports in school and had a very different lifestyle up until three years ago. At the age of 32 I decided to try and cut down on my drinking (I was quite the party animal)!  And to finally quit smoking, a habbit that had consumed me for sixteen years- I had seen friends and family suffer from effects of smoking, and decided to improve my health in general.

Im not saying it was easy, but I am extremely determined when i put my mind on things, and from smoking 25-30 a day I had totally given up within one month. I then decided to distract my thoughts and cravings to something possitive, so I set myself a goal to do the Three peaks challenge (despite me never running or climbing a mountain in my life before).

I threw myself into training, I started off by walking a mile, then pushing myself further and further until I could walk ten miles without getting tired. I then decided to walk up Snowdon for the very first time, and within three months I had reached the peak over forty times in all conditions. I finally thought I was ready, and four months after I had quit smoking I managed to complete the Three peaks challenge in 22 hours and 35 minutes, raising a total of £2000+ for various local charities.

I had been bitten by the bug! and in the same month I had compleated my first half marathon.  Six months after quitting smoking I had not only completed several half marathons, but finally finished a full one (a goal I had always drempt about, but never thought I could achieve).

Two and a half years on with many half and full marathons under my belt-I completed my first Ultra marathon (a gruelling three day run covering 135 miles)- and to date I have raised over £6,000 for charity and compleated over 50 races. This year I have decided to up the stakes and I have ran over 3000 miles so far, and hoping to do even more next year,

My goals for next year are up to 5 ultra marathons, the first l2m double ultra  also'the ring of fire' in Anglesey again one reason to try complete it again and see if I can better my time from 2015, The Pen Llyn Ultra marathon (as its on my doorstep) and I'll find a few others also, the Afghanistan Marathon later on in the year.

thank you x

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