Our marathon heroes: Orbis UK trustee

Our trustee, Catharina, trade mark lawyer and mum of two, began running in November 2017 – the day after she signed up for the marathon. Before this – the furthest she had run was 5km!

In between these many jobs, Nina has been squeezing in longer and longer runs to build up to the biggest running challenge of all – the London marathon.

By the end of February she had managed to get up to 25km. So, what’s keeping her moving to such an ambitious target?

She puts it down to a mixture of Spotify’s 90s radio station, Oatibix and fantastic support from her family.

Her hope is to finish the run in less than six hours, injury-free. She’d like to think she will celebrate by having all of her friends and family round for a big dinner, but in reality thinks it is more likely that she will collapse into her bed.

She is also inspired to know that every step she takes is helping Orbis and its Flying Eye Hospital reach more people to prevent blindness worldwide.