Marathon man faces ultra run challenge
ABUSINESS owner is running a 70-mile ultra marathon in aid of a local mental health charity which is close to his heart.
Jason Govindji-Bruce, of Rising Bridge, is the managing director of NORI HR and Employment Law and is set to run 70 miles from Carlisle to Newcastle on June 19.
The run is aid of charity Community Solutions, which NORI HR is a patron of, who offer support in areas such as bereavement, loneliness, family breakdown, unemployment, ill health, resettlement or grief.
Now, Jason, who lives with wife Amrita, also a managing director at the company, and 22-monthold daughter Taylor, is looking for help to raise money for the charity.
A sweepstake is being run, with prizes won for being closest to Jason’s time for the run, which has been postponed from last year due to the pandemic - and Jason, 32, is looking for donations.
He said: “There’ll be checkpoints throughout but I’m aiming for a 16-hour time period. We’ve reached out to a lot of businesses to donate prizes for the sweepstake.
“We’re gonna generate 600 time slots between 13 and 23 hours so if someone signs up they’ll be given random time slots and then given prizes based on who is closer.
“It’s ultimately about gaining awareness of the charity and what they do and trying to raise as much funds as possible.”
Jason, who ran 5k every day for 30 days, says he will be entering into new territory endurance-wise.
“I’m very nervous but excited at the same time because it’ll be the furthest I’ve ever run,” he said.
“My training is kind of stop-start because of the weather and because of the way the business is expanding - so trying to juggle that, training, and family time can be quite challenging at times.
“I’m also running home from our base in Oswaldtwistle which is about three and half miles away; it’s a lot of uphill so it’s good training.
“But I’m nervous because it’s 75 per cent more than I’ve run before.”
Jason added that the charity is very close to his and his family’s heart.
His wife’s relative has bipolar and Amrita said they wanted to support a charity that helps individuals like him.
After being discharged from hospital and from the charity Mind, Amrita says he has cut himself off and been left in a state of limbo, not being able to access the support he needs.
To donate a prize for the sweepstake visit the NORI HR website.