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I completed this very same 100k course last May, 2013, BUT, did so at a walk. This took 24 hours and 11 minutes and whilst I had trained for this, nothing had prepared my feet for the damage they would incur. Despite four previous years of climbing and reaching the top of 13 registered mountains, plus two failed attempts to summit Mont Blanc, weekly boxing training and still turning out every few weeks for Esher Rugby Club “Vets”, my feet had never suffered like they did during that London to Brighton Walk. I finished with 18 rancid blisters and I lost 7 toe-nails. So having gone through that I decided the only sensible thing to do was to enlist again to take up the same challenge but this time I would run it! Really clever thinking Adam! So, on Saturday 24th May 2014, I am intending to run a continuous 100k from Richmond Park in South West London to Brighton Racecourse in Brighton. The course takes me over a cross country route, over 62 styles (I counted them last year), many ploughed fields, mud filled tracks through woods in the dead of night and up the killer South Downs at the 89k mark. Hopefully finishing in the early hours of Sunday 25th May. I have never run more than two hours in one go before, so this may be several thousand steps too far for me. Training has started, as has the much needed diet. I have also stopped my social smoking (!!) and also cut down the wine intake dramatically to only two days a week.

 I genuinely feel that this challenge is beyond my remit but I am going to do my very best. I recently lost my wonderful Dad but I know he will be driving me on when the time comes.  I will be running to support The Pituitary Foundation which is a charity that is, as some of you may know, extremely close to my heart. Their support was gratefully received when it was needed and more research is required in this field. I would be so grateful for any donations you can give, big or small, as they are a small charity that do so much good.

Thanks so much for your support. Naturally on the day….(if anyone wants to see me crawl across the line) I will be wearing Bright Neon Orange. ........ I will finish..... however, it is just a case of when and what day and what condition I do so). Bring it on! 

Tango 

Some information on the Pituitary Foundation:

The Pituitary Foundation is a national support and information organisation for pituitary patients, their families, friends and carers. They are the UK's leading charity providing support to people affected by disorders of the pituitary gland such as Acromegaly, Cushing's, Prolactinoma, Diabetes Insipidus and Hypopituitarism. The Pituitary Foundation operates throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland. They have a membership organisation and have over 2,500 subscribed members. They are a relatively small charity, with seven members of staff and supporting their work they have a team of 100 volunteers across the country.

The Pituitary Foundation's Objectives are to:

• To promote the relief and treatment of persons suffering from pituitary disorders and related conditions and diseases, and their families, friends and carers, and to provide information and support;
• To promote and support research and to disseminate for the public benefit the results of any such research.