On Saturday 5th December I shall be competing in the Grim Original '09 Challenge. This is an 8-mile run/wade/crawl over land that is used to test Army vehicles, so it is an 'interesting' challenge! After climbing and then descending a long hill shortly after the start, the course continues through a water filled ravine. I'll then have to run over puddle-strewn paths before having to crawl under camouflage netting and eventually reaching some man-made mounds and some more rather large 'puddles'. I'm expecting to get very wet, and very muddy! Then, after running on the fast vehicle driving circuit (where it is rocky underfoot) the course finishes with (just for good measure) some more large areas of water and mud.

As you can probably imagine, it's not called the Grim Challenge for nothing!

Anyway, if I'm going to put myself through this, I thought I should at least help to raise some money for charity, so please dig deep and sponsor me for whatever you can afford.

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