Mother and daughter complete ‘amazing milestone’ by running Belfast Half Marathon

Martina said Anita’s running journey began when she entered a parkrun ten years ago.

From this she “slowly but surely took to running”.

“The group of runners that we have, have become part of the community which enabled us to think about doing a half marathon and with their support and their help, we’ve got here and we’ve completed this amazing milestone,” she said.

The group was also able to raise more than £4,500 in the process, for a number of charities who support her.

“In doing it, Anita has raised money for two amazing charities; Live Life Wellbeing Centre and Sensibility NI, who do phenomenal work and support and help young people with additional needs thrive and support their families too, which is so important,” she added.

Martina said the experience was very special.

“It was very emotional, a great achievement but Anita was rock solid, she kept us right, she kept our pace and we’re all good,” she said.