So, I had this genius idea - next month is my 39th birthday - which coincidentally means 1 year from then I'll turn the big 40! (Thankyou, I know, I don't look old enough etc, too kind...)
Anyway, back to reality - odd times in the past i've had a chance to do something big, and shied away after thinking about it...so, leading up to my 40th i've decided to stand up and do the odd stupid/amazing (you delete as appropriate, i'm really not sure!) thing.
The idea is Challenge 40
What is Challenge 40 I hear you ask (okay, so that's poetic license, my hearing isn't that good!)
Well, I decided, in the one year (approximately, may go over by a day or three) I'm going to do four large (to me, Ranulph Fiennes needn't start worrying i'll usurp him as Britain's top explorer) challenges/adventures. Initial plans have been knackered slightly as one of them was to be the London Marathon, and I didn't get in (makes it rather difficult to claim that one!), and then the idea of doing it all for charity got very complicated as I have no idea how to get national publicity, or raise loads of money (and the local Special Needs School, who would have been one benefactor, aren't registered with a Gift Aid number, making it impossible to use VirginGiving).
So instead, it's just me against 4 challenges, 1 for each decade of my life...
1. Yorkshire 3 Peaks
2. Run The Wall (24 hours, Carlisle to Newcastle along Hadrian's Wall)
3. A marathon, somewhere, probably in August time if I can find something
4. Hereward Relay, run as a solo Ultra
and today I officially entered Run The Wall so now it's all underway! Yorkshire 3 Peaks should be around Easter as i'll be on holiday in the area then. Hereward Relay is at the end of November (hence possibly running slightly over the year) - as for the marathon, well, I'll have a look to see what I can find.
In the meantime, if there are any experts in promotion and planning who want to take over organising a huge fund-raising push, well, get in touch as raising money would give me another incentive to finish what i've just started!
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I love your challenge 40 plan! :) Very adventurous challenges you've picked too!
ReplyDeleteThe Three Peaks was always my favourite race, but I suppose you know you can't just enter unless you've first done some qualifying races. These must be stated on the Entry Form - and they're quite strict about them. If you're not familiar with race regulations, have a look here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.threepeaksrace.org.uk/raceinfo2011.html