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To celebrate my reaching the grand age of 55 a certain Thomas Emmerson - apparently determined to ensure that I didn't make 56 - entered me into this challenge.
The Paratroops' P-Company challenge at Catterick Barracks. A 10 miles cross-country run wearing army boots, combat pants and carrying a 34lb rucksack (that is about the equivalent of 16 bags of rice/sugar) .
Past experience of cross-country running (any running) was 40 years ago - and that saw me getting disciplined for walking once round the school cross-country circuit rather than running round it twice (and I was still last back!).
I need all the inspiration I can get to make the starting gun, let alone the finishing line!
I decided to do this in support of Help for Heroes because: they do great work, the service-men deserve and need the support, and they run the charity efficiently - if you donate a pound you know that it is all going to help the people who need it.
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