As the Scripture Reader at Colchester Garrison, I will be participating in this year’s PARAS'10 at Catterick. I was going to also do the event in Colchester but that has been cancelled.

I will be taking part in the PARAS’10 TAB – completing the course in boots and carrying a 35lb (15.9kg) bergen (military backpack).

PARAS’10 was founded by WO1 JJ Wilson and hosted by The Parachute Regiment in Aldershot from 1982-1993. It is based on the 10-mile march from the Regiment’s ‘P Company Test Week’, which happens at the end of training. Recruits are assessed and scored across several events, the first of which is a 10-mile march over undulating terrain with each recruit carrying a bergen weighing 35lbs plus water and a weapon. To successfully complete the march, recruits must finish in 1 hour 50 minutes.

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