New Year Challenge for Active Black Country Board Member
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Active
Black Country Board Member and Beacon CEO, Arwyn Jones is undertaking a new
challenge for 2017 – the Siberian Lake Baikal Ice Marathon. Together, with Paul Nicol of iCAN experiences, they aim to run in the 2017 Lake
Baikal Ice Marathon event, participating in the half marathon distance of
21kms.
This event is one of the most gruelling running events anywhere in the
world, with temperatures of as low as -27c, fierce winds across the lake
surface, and a running surface varying between several inches of snow to sheet
ice.
Arwyn is the sighted guide runner
for Paul Nicol who is blind. Arwyn is
raising money for Beacon Centre for the Blind, and the monies raised will be used
to support the 2017 Beacon Butler Golf Competition, a pan disability event that
was hugely successful in 2016, and to support our planned video and audio
tutorials service for visually impaired.
To make a donation, visit: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/arwyn-jones4
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