Nicola (middle) running with Isobel and Katie
When you chat to most runners, they’ll tell you that running is their stress reliever. And, if you’re someone who has experienced these benefits for yourself, you’ll be able to appreciate how important running has become to the Jeffrey family.
Nicola Jeffrey, 48, from Devon, discovered that her daughter, Isobel, now 20, had a life-limiting neurodegenerative disease when she was nine years old. “She was diagnosed as having developmental delay when she was about four but it wasn’t known that she had a neurodegenerative disease then,” explains Nicola. “It was only over the next four to five years that her development continued to stall but there were other medical problems as well.”