The race is 50km across Snowdonia National Park, tackling 1,830m of elevation. He said his daily duties at Arden Lea Nurseries near Preston, where he is a grower, give him some good training in fitness and stamina, but it is all on the flat!
Almost five years since joining the business, he is responsible for overseeing horticultural production in multiple greenhouse sites, managing climate, growing conditions and overall production of top quality plants. His ever expanding experience is across a growing range of bedding, container and basket plants using the knowledge gained while training at Myerscough and on the job at Arden Lea putting to great use his knowledge of horticultural science, propagation, plant health management.
Ritson said he is also gaining a strong understanding of how the ornamental horticulture industry operates including production and dispatching processes and can see there is a fantastic career ahead of him in this industry. He just wishes he had found horticulture sooner and could have started that journey earlier.
He said: “I am using this opportunity to fundraise for the Foundation, this fantastic charity helps to support Horticulturalists of the future. They have helped me and I’m really glad to now be able to give something back.”
Please sponsor him via his JustGiving page https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/neal-ritson-ultra-50
