Amanda Stobbart took part in the Spartan Beast Challenge 2016 at Windsor Park on 3rd October 2016. The Spartan Beast is a 26K Obstacle course, the most difficult of all Spartan races to complete. It consists of 30-35 obstacles, including a Barbed Wire Crawl, Fire Jump, Atlas Carry, Ropes/Wall Climbs and Spear Throw.
Amanda, a Business Analyst from Essex, found the challenge far from easy. “It takes a lot of stamina, strength and perseverance to get to the end.” The rope climb was the most difficult of the obstacles, it was wet and slippery and Amanda just couldn’t manage to get to the top to ring the bell! However, she kept smiling throughout and managed to complete the gruelling course in 5 hours 28 minutes having only fallen off 3 of the obstacles! Amanda has raised over £1000.00, which is an amazing achievement.
Amanda wanted to raise money for Asthma Relief Charity because asthma has blighted her family for years. Her mum Helen, who suffered from heart disease, sadly passed away in February this year, had asthma, Amanda has asthma, and her son, Callum has it too. “I have spent many a night lying next to my son listening to his wheezing chest wondering if it will ever improve.”Once, when Callum was a baby he needed a nebuliser but because of the lack of funding within the NHS the hospital was unable to provide a nebuliser for him to take home and Amanda ending up sharing her cousin’s nebuliser.
“Asthma affects 5-8% of the population, some 5 million suffers and there is no cure, by raising money for Asthma Relief we can help donate nebulisers to those in need.”
Asthma Relief Charity would like to say a Big Thank you to Amanda for choosing to support our work in helping those with asthma and other chronic breathing difficulties.
