Two years prior to running the marathon, I had suffered a large pneumothorax (collapsed lung). Although not a huge runner prior to this, I had been interested in running & taken a few short distance runs (including a 10k). The pneumothorax, however, truly knocked the wind out of me to the point where even walking was [...]

VICTA would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who ran the marathon on our behalf. And we mustn’t forget those who supported, massaged and cheered their hearts out at the 2015 London Marathon. Thank you. This year we were thrilled to be joined in the grandstand by a group of students from New [...]

Wendy Coles (aka Grandma!) recently completed an amazing challenge – a trek from the Dead Sea to Petra. Following the recent loss of her sight in one eye through a detached retina, Wendy set out to raise money for VICTA setting herself an amazing target of £4,000. Petra seemed the perfect choice and is close to [...]

Glen’s Fundraising Story The Pendle 600 is an ‘Audax‘ event in which people aim to ride 619km over just two days in 40 hours. I’d signed up for this event just two months in advance on the spur of the moment, with a few days to go I was very nervous. I hadn’t had the chance [...]

My son Ryley has bi-lateral optic nerve/renal coloboma (along with a few other visual issues) and is registered as severely visually impaired. Whilst he is an active, confident and happy 10 year old, there are a whole host of activities which he is simply excluded from. A couple of years ago, we heard about VICTA and [...]

I started running in May 2011 when my sister entered race for life… I decided I needed to get fitter and set some stretching goals. In March 2012 I ran my first half marathon in Bath. Between then and February 2014 I ran over 20 half marathons a bunch of 10kms and a smattering of 5kms. [...]