Rosie Swale Pope took up marathon running when she was 48 and has run across Cuba and Romania and even done the gruelling Marathon des Sables in the Sahara. Rosie's run around the world to raise money in memory of her husband was followed on her blog www.rosiearoundtheworld.co.uk. When she is not running, Rosie lives in Tenby, Wales. In 2009 she was awarded an MBE for bravery and services to charity.
