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<div><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have enjoyed a lifetime of sport & good health, and retired from the Prison Service last year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I aim to make this Olympic year one to remember, having the honour of being a Torch Bearer in July.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In an effort to inspire others & raise money for the most worthwhile charities I can think of, I will take on my greatest challenge.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">LONDON TO PARIS</span></span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> - </span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">MY THREE DAY CHALLENGE 18th to 20</span><span style="font-size: small;"> May 2012</span></span></strong></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">For three days in May (18</span><span style="font-size: small;">-20</span><span style="font-size: small;">) I will be undertaking the most difficult challenge of my life to raise funds for Weldmar Hospicecare and Julia’s House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My challenge is to get from Marble Arch in London to the Arc De Triomphe in Paris by running 87miles from London to Dover, crossing 22miles of the English Channel by kayak to Calais and then cycling 180miles to Paris. My schedule only allows for 10hours of sleep in 3 days and I aim to complete the route in 59 hours – I don’t attempt things I do not think I can achieve and I am currently nearing the end of six months training to ensure that I complete the challenge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope to raise £5,000 for the two Dorset hospices.</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>SOME PREVIOUS CHALLENGES </strong></span></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">In 2006 I ran the two way Chesil Beach 35mile run on the pebbles with ‘Enduroman’ Edgar Ette in 11hours and in 2008 kayaked 60miles from Portland to Cherbourg in 18hours with Edgar who will be supporting me in this new challenge. A few weeks ago in preparation for London to Paris me and Eddie kayaked 100miles around the island of Lanzarote setting a record of 3 days 2hrs – after a day’s rest I ran 32 miles in 30degree heat<strong>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">So <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">please </em>sponsor me & raise money for these 2 great Dorset Hospices that have helped so many families.</span><span> </span></strong></span></div>
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