Mark Davies bravely completed the Conwy half-marathon for Headway charity.

By Don Hale

Mark Davies bravely completed the Conwy half-marathon.

Special report by Don Hale. donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025

Former fell and mountain champion racer Mark Davies put in a tremendous display of true grit and determination last Sunday as he tackled the gruelling Conwy half marathon, barely two years after receiving life-threatening injuries as a hit and run victim.

Mark is an award winning multi-athlete who has spent all his time since the accident trying to re-build his life and his body after such horrific injuries and has gradually been able to take part in some local parkruns.

Although a long way from his previous fitness regime, he decided to try and gradually increase his training mileage over recent months with the aim of running the Conwy half to help fundraise for Headway, the brain injury charity association, that has helped him to partially recover from his ordeal.

Mark bravely ran the 13-mile plus route from Conwy Quay to Llandudno and then around the Great Orme and back to the finish, recording an amazing time of 3 hours 28 minutes and 17 seconds.

Mark later said: "I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that has donated. I have been overwhelmed at the amount of support I have received. Headway - the brain injury association will be delighted.

"It was really tough today I couldn't have finished it without the support of Zoe Gerrard from The Rehab Physio and Karen Williams. It's been a long journey but glad I got to do that today."

His efforts before, during and after, were covered by a camera crew from BBC Wales, who wanted to support the athlete and to highlight his remarkable semi recovery as an example of what this unique brain injury charity can do.


*Pictured above - Mark Davies at Conwy parkrun with John Hatton.

The previous post run story about Mark's amazing story is available via my blog, and his efforts are due to be on the BBC this week:

*Don Hale Blog: Mark Davies tackles a tough fundraising challenge ... https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/mountain-runner-mark-davies-launches.html?spref=tw

Don Hale is a former award winning investigative journalist and now a best-selling author who has created a very popular blog post linked to numerous social media sites. donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025.

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