Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

As a serving member of the Fire Service, I fully understand how the Charity has helped my friends and colleagues locally and Nationally and how the impact the lockdown has had on the Charity's source of funds to help. As the NHS have asked us to help them by restricting movements and interaction. I am raising to the call from my Charity to help them.

As a believer in exercise to support mental health, this challenge is for me to push myself physically and mentally.

The challenge is to run 4 miles, every 4 hours for 48 hours (48 miles). I will be running an additional 4 miles on the end to make it 52 miles).The physical toll on the body by effectively running the equivalent of two marathons  within 2 days will be bad enough. But then the mental effect of sleep deprivation will kick in also, making the runs more of an effort.

The challenge is inspired by ex-US Navy Seal David Goggins - reputed to be the toughest person on the planet who says "You are looking at 48 miles in 48 hours. The whole idea of doing this is to push yourself slightly outside of your normal routines and workout schedules, to challenge you mentally and physically, to experience a little bit of sleep deprivation, irritability, soreness and mild suffering."

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