Jennie, Moya Cole’s great-niece to run 100 mile Ultramarathon for hospice
Jennie and her family found out about the name change through a news segment on BBC
Jennie Waters will be running a mammoth 100 miles in aid of Moya Cole Hospice and Macmillan.
She hopes to complete the 100 miles in under 30 hours in what will be her first 100 ultramarathon.
Jennie is a great-niece of Moya Cole, who the hospice was co-founded by and is named after.
Jennie added the hospice to her chosen charity list for the ultramarathon after her family found out about the rebrand of St Ann’s Hospice to Moya Cole Hospice back in October.
“It’s really good to challenge yourself,” Jennie said. “My husband has done a couple of 100 ultramarathons. It’s not something that’s ever really appealed to me, but it’s good to do something that scares you because you don’t really know what you’re capable of until you try something.
“I’ve done a couple of 50 miles runs but nothing like this before. There is a lot of elevation in this 100-mile route so it will add even more of a challenge,” she added.
Jennie will be taking on a route in Shropshire that has over 17,000 ft of elevation (similar to climbing 2/3rds of the way up Mt Everest.
In preparation for the run, Jennie is working on strength and conditioning.
Once your strength is built up you can start to focis on building up your miles. It’ll probably take me six months to build up my mileage slowly. It takes a long time to recover from long runs so I’ll be supplementing some miles with biking because its low impact and helps with strength and conditioning Jennie Waters, Great-Niece of Moya Cole
Jennie will be taking on her 100-mile ultramarathon in Shropshire on July 25, 2026.