Our directors Emily Cooper and Nicola Tilley have participated in a fitness challenge event to raise money for Victoria Skinner’s Tor Rox, a new organisation which aiming to improve the lives of cancer patients through fitness and well-being.
Nicola and Emily were part of a relay team attempting to perform the Hyrox workout for 24-hours straight, taking on the dual challenges of both staying awake and completing extremely fatiguing exercises. Nicola and Emily were inspired by their friend Victoria to take on this challenge with her as part of her ‘Quest for Life’.
Victoria has been battling cancer since 2015. A mum to her daughter Isla and wife to Joseph, she has stage 4 secondary breast cancer which has spread to her bones and is now incurable. However, she has refused to sit back and let it get the better of her, stating “I want to live life, I want to step out of my comfort zone and break down barriers.”
Victoria’s determination to live life on her terms combined with her new found passion for fitness lead her to start ‘Quest for Life’, which aims to improve the lives of cancer patients through fitness and well-being, providing not only physical fitness training, but also mental, emotional, and overall well-being in a supportive community to enhance the quality of life during cancer treatment and beyond.
This fundraising challenge the MDS directors will be participating in a Hyrox Relay which combines running with functional and endurance workouts. Hyrox played a big part in Victoria’s own fitness journey, so it seemed fitting that this fundraising challenge should incorporate this too. Each Hyrox event has eight different workout stations combined with a 1km run, which must be completed one at a time in a test of mental and physical endurance.
You can donate to ‘Quest for Life’s campaign and find out more about their work and Tor’s story.
