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Woman running 400 miles around Cornwall for Alzheimer's awareness Woman running 400 miles around Cornwall for Alzheimer's awareness
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Ms Davis is running to raise awareness of awareness of young-onset Alzheimer's after her mum was diagnosedMs Davis is running to raise awareness of awareness of young-onset Alzheimer's after her mum was diagnosed
A woman has started an attempt to run a lap of Cornwall to honour her mother and raise awareness of Alzeimer's. A woman has started an attempt to run a lap of Cornwall to honour her mother and raise awareness of Alzheimer's.
Elsey Davis, from Camelford, is hoping to set the fastest known time (FKT) for the 400-mile journey.Elsey Davis, from Camelford, is hoping to set the fastest known time (FKT) for the 400-mile journey.
She set off on Monday and is aiming to complete the challenge in a week by covering about 100km (63 miles) a day.She set off on Monday and is aiming to complete the challenge in a week by covering about 100km (63 miles) a day.
Ahead of the event, Ms Davis, 36, said "Anything could happen, but doing it for my mum is going to make it that bit easier."Ahead of the event, Ms Davis, 36, said "Anything could happen, but doing it for my mum is going to make it that bit easier."
Elsey Davis began her 400-mile journey around Cornwall on MondayElsey Davis began her 400-mile journey around Cornwall on Monday
She is raising money for, and awareness of young-onset Alzheimer's, which can affect people as young as in their 40s, after her mum received a diagnosis of the disease in 2023.She is raising money for, and awareness of young-onset Alzheimer's, which can affect people as young as in their 40s, after her mum received a diagnosis of the disease in 2023.
"Originally, I wanted to run the whole of the South West Coast Path but then a friend sent me the circuit of Cornwall FKT and the chance to loop around my home county appealed so much more," she said."Originally, I wanted to run the whole of the South West Coast Path but then a friend sent me the circuit of Cornwall FKT and the chance to loop around my home county appealed so much more," she said.
She believes she may be the first runner to attempt a fast time on this particular route which incorporates the South West Coast Path and the Tamara Coast to Coast Way which runs along the historic border between Devon and Cornwall.She believes she may be the first runner to attempt a fast time on this particular route which incorporates the South West Coast Path and the Tamara Coast to Coast Way which runs along the historic border between Devon and Cornwall.
She said: "[The disease] is incredibly challenging and upsetting for my mum and family, for a long time I've just felt really powerless about what I can do to help or change things.She said: "[The disease] is incredibly challenging and upsetting for my mum and family, for a long time I've just felt really powerless about what I can do to help or change things.
"This is just my way of trying to take back some of that power and fight Alzheimer's in my own way."This is just my way of trying to take back some of that power and fight Alzheimer's in my own way.
"My mum's disease is quite progressed now, but the main thing is that we just have learnt to live presently and take each day as it comes, one step at a time.""My mum's disease is quite progressed now, but the main thing is that we just have learnt to live presently and take each day as it comes, one step at a time."
Ms Davis' run started and will finish at Land's End with more than 18,288m (60,000ft) of elevation in between.Ms Davis' run started and will finish at Land's End with more than 18,288m (60,000ft) of elevation in between.
"I think a lot of it is going to be a mental challenge," she said."I think a lot of it is going to be a mental challenge," she said.
"I think when your 'why' is so strong, the how doesn't matter, there's going to be very little that's going to stop me getting back to Land's End.""I think when your 'why' is so strong, the how doesn't matter, there's going to be very little that's going to stop me getting back to Land's End."
Ms Davis said she was hoping her family, including her mum, would join her for part of the route.Ms Davis said she was hoping her family, including her mum, would join her for part of the route.
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