A CHEPSTOW Harrier Running Club member has completed three ultra marathons in five weeks: raising more than £1,500 for charity in the process.

Brett Regulski, a Chepstow Harrier since 2006, completed Race to the Tower, Race to the King and Race to the Stones:?all from the Threshold Sports Trail Series.

Race to the Tower is a double marathon from Stroud in Gloucestershire to Broadway Tower in Worcestershire along the stunning Cotswold Way. With an elevation gain of 7284ft and 160 gates and stiles to go through, Brett considers this the hardest of the three races.

Brett said: “There was a combination of sharp steep ascents going along narrow tracks. Seeing Cheltenham Race track from a distance was breath-taking.” The race was completed in 15 hours 58 minutes.

Race to the King was just two weeks after the first race and another double marathon, this time from Arundel in East Sussex along the South Downs finishing at Winchester Cathedral. The route took in Monarch’s Way, The Devil’s Jump and Buster Hill. The race was completed in high temperatures and Brett had a crisis at pit stop four, 31 miles in with 22 to go, where he suffered very bad cramping of his right calf. Despite this, Brett stated that this was his favourite race and it was completed in 14 hours 56 minutes (1 hour 38 minutes better than the same race last year).

Race to the Stones was completed just five weeks after the first race and is a race that Brett has now completed three years in a row. Starting from Lewknor in Oxfordshire, the route heads along the Ridgeway Path to the Avebury Stones in Wiltshire. With a maximum height of 267m by Liddington Castle and an overall ascent of 1,250m, the route was gentler than the previous races, however Brett sustained injury to his knee, elbow and shoulder when he tripped on a tree root whilst going through Grim Ditch Woods. He managed to continue and completed the course in 18 hours 13 minutes (2 hours 4 minutes better than his previous best for this race).

Having joined the Harriers after talking to a member whilst collecting for the NSPCC, Brett continues his work for charity to this day. He completed this triple ultra marathon for the charity Mind, in honour of his sister who has suffered with Bi-polar disorder all of her life. So far he has raised over £1,500 through sponsorship and uk.virginmoneygiving.com (search for Brett Regulski).