Ruth Williams hitting the road….

Ruth Williams, a teacher from Bishop Gore School in Wales, competed in the 10K Swansea Bay run which is the fastest 10K race in the UK and it is also recognised as a UK Official 10K course.  

Ruth running in GREEN the last km!

This year’s race took place on Sunday, 27 September 2009 and had 3 500 entries that consisted of elite, serious and fun runners. The route was from the famous Swansea rugby ground St Helen’s along the main road down to Mumbles, left onto the sea front and back to St Helen’s along the promenade.

This was Ruth’s 8th time to run it but for the past three years she has done it to support our work in our Path out of Poverty (POP) Programme. She was very happy to be the 1 312th person to cross over the finish line with an official time of 53 minutes and 28 seconds which was under her planned 55 minutes! This was her fastest time ever and the picture shown was taken in the last few kilometer! I just love the fact that she wore GREEN! Now, in her own words “when the race got tough I visualised the beautiful surroundings of Goedgedacht farm, thought of the wonderful young people I have met and worked with there and remembered that the inspiring work that happens there – and that got me through!!’

We are very blessed to have such wonderful friends and amazing supporters like Ruth who are prepared to give so much of themselves to help our rural children and youth out of the poverty cycles that have thus far prevented them from being happy, healthy and confident human beings. Thank you so much Ruth!! We appreciate every mile that you ran for us. You are an inspiration to us all!