Members of Wellington Running Club have taken on a virtual Mount Everest climb.

Twenty-four participants took part and achieved the matching elevation gain in just 14 days.

It is an amazing achievement for some from the club who were not too keen on running up hills! This was the first time some of the runners had attempted it, some only recently having graduated the Couch to Five programme. Favourite place to run up to was Wellington Monument.

The climb was just another way of trying to keep members motivated while continuing solo self-distancing rules. Participants and height gained individually in feet:

Alisha Carpenter 175, Chris Poole 6056, Claire Roger 414, Dean Perry 1767, Denise Poole 2377, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick 450, Graham Bowpitt 2002, Helen Perry 1527, Jan Olive 334, James Fuller 896, Jeremy Walter 2094, Jim Beatty 687, Julie Strange 419, Louise Froud 576, Louise Lowry 2596, Lucy Little 1656, Luke Merchant 436, Maggie MacKinnon 1776, Matt Carpenter 175, Mel Ellis 555, Paul Booker 1312, Sara Hart Higby 667, Sarah Tydings 130, Sophie Acout-Wills 229.