REASON & GOAL

My aim is to raise a minimum of £30,000 for the Meningitis Research Foundation. When I was 18 months old, I was diagnosed with Meningitis. Luckily the doctors caught it in time, and I only suffered total deafness in my right ear and profound deafness in my left ear. The vaccine for that strain of meningitis (Hib) was brought to the market about 3-6 months after I contracted the illness, so I strongly believe that the more money and awareness that one can raise, then the less hardship people can suffer.  

THE CHALLENGE - "ONE BIG YEAR"

In order to raise money for MRF, I have devised a strenuous year of physical challenges which I have termed as "One Big Year".  The events that I will be attempting are:
 
Jan - Tough Guy http://www.toughguy.co.uk/ - DONE

Feb - Hellrunner (Hell in the middle) http://www.hellrunner.co.uk/hell-in-the-middle/ - DONE

March- Run the length of the Cotswold Way National Trail (102 mile cross country route with a total elevation of 3 times the height of Snowdon) http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/cotswold/  - DONE

April – Open 5 Adventure Race (5 hour adventure race on bike and foot) http://www.openadventure.com/open5/2011-12/79_peak_district.php - DONE

May - Edinburgh Marathon (26.2 mile run) http://www.edinburgh-marathon.com/

June - Half Ironman GB (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 1/2 marathon) http://www.ironmanuk.com/uk-ironman-703/home - DONE
July – Trentham Big Half - (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 1/2 marathon) http://www.fun2tri.co.uk/trentham/index.htm - DONE

August- 3 Peaks challenge (climb Ben Nevis, Sca Fell and Snowdon in under 24 hours) - DONE

Sept - Ironman Wales (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, marathon in under 17 hrs) http://ironmanwales.com/ - DONE
Oct - Swim the equivalent of the English Channel in a pool (48km swim) - DONE
Nov- Attempt to break World Record on an indoor rowing machine for the longest continual row - currently at 77 hours.  http://www.concept2.com/us/racing/records/ultra_records.asp

Dec- Thames 250km Ultra Duathlon. Kayak the Thames non-stop from Lechlade to Teddington then run 50km ultra marathon from Teddington to the O2 Arena. 

Any help and support that you can offer is very much appreciated! Please have a look at my website www.one-big-year.org !

Thanks,

Mike