Georgina Gharsallah’s mother completes first of incredible 24-hour endurance challenges

By John Holden
Published 9th Jun 2021, 11:50 BST
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The mother of missing Worthing woman Georgina Gharsallah has completed a remarkable marathon to raise money for a missing person’s charity.

Andrea Gharsallah jogged and walked 100km from Richmond in London to Brighton Racecourse on May 29, raising over £1,000 for the charity Missing People in the process.

After jogging the first 28km and the final stages, the 59-year-old finished the mammoth journey in just under 23 hours.

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“I’m quite pleased with how it went, I did actually enjoy doing it,” said Andrea.

Andrea Gharsallah ran and walked 100km from London to Brighton SUS-210906-105750001Andrea Gharsallah ran and walked 100km from London to Brighton SUS-210906-105750001
Andrea Gharsallah ran and walked 100km from London to Brighton SUS-210906-105750001

“It’s nice to have that sense of achievement and to feel like I’m doing something good and useful.

“The most important thing is that I was doing something for Georgina and Missing People.”

Mother-of-two Georgina was last seen in