A New Year, a new decade and three new challenges! This year I am taking part in three endurance events to raise funds for Cure Parkinsons.

1. The London Marathon on 25th April. I have set myself an agressive target finish time of 3 hours and 45 minutes!

Post event update. I managed to complete the course in 3 hours 44 minutes and 52 seconds. I misjudged the last couple of miles and had to do a 200m 'sprint' finish to duck under 3.45hrs! Many thanks for all your support so far. I am now in training for the Marmotte!

2. La Marmotte Cycle race on 03rd July. The Marmotte Cyclosportive is the original, and possibly the most difficult, Cyclosportive with 5000m of climbing over 174 km (110 miles). The course starts at Bourg d’Oisans, climbs the Col de Glandon, descends into the Maurienne Valley, climbs the Col de la Telegraph, the Col de Galibier, drops down to the Col de Lauteret, then down to Bourg d’Oisans and finally climbs up to Alpe d’Huez for the finish. I aim to complete the course under 11 hours!

A very tough day in 40c heat in the middle of the day. Managed to finish in 11 hours and 2 mins, just outside my original target!

3. Vitruvian Triathlon Half Ironman on 04th September. The race consists of a 1900m open water swim starting at 6am, followed by a 85km hilly bike leg and finishes with a 21km run. I have set myself a target of 5 hours and 30 minutes to complete the course.

A great finish to the year, I finihed in 5.00 hrs, lots of support and good weather. That's it for this year!

Firstly many thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page and for supporting the Charity Cure Parkinsons. My father in law suffers from Parkinsons and I thank you all for giving generously to this extremely worthwhile cause. The Cure Parkinson's Trust's purpose is to fund research to hasten a cure for this debilitative neurological condition. The charity's primary role is identifying, funding and evaluating research projects, as well as hosting scientific forums to bring relevant scientists within the field together, to discuss key areas of research and technology.

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