Jersey woman with Huntington’s completes marathon

Ashley Delgado celebrates with her family after finishing the London Marathon

A Jersey woman with Huntington’s disease has completed the London Marathon.

Ashley Delgado, 35, ran the course to raise money and awareness for Huntington's Disease Association (HDA).

Ms Delgado - who is in the first stages of the fatal condition, which has affected her mobility - finished in five hours and 52 minutes.

She said she was "glad that I managed to keep going and got across the line”.

‘Really tricky’

More than 50,000 people ran the 26.2 miles (42.2km) course through the UK capital on Sunday.

Ms Delgado said she was emotional as she finished but admitted that it “wasn't easy the whole way”.

She added: “The last five miles [8km] were really tricky, but I'm just glad that I managed to keep going and got across the line.”

Ms Delgado has raised about £5,500 for HDA.

Ashley was in high spirits before the marathon

The condition slowly prevents the brain from functioning and there is no cure or treatment for it, according to the NHS.

Huntington's disease has a one-in-two chance of being passed on from parents to their children, according to HDA.

Ms Delgado inherited the condition from her father, who died 10 years ago, aged 51.

She said when the marathon got tough she thought about “why I was doing it and that helped a lot to keep going”.

Ashley had trained for months for the London Marathon