We've news of a triathlon with a twist - all the hard work was in the gym!
IT's Sally Willavoys, Andrew Taylor, Andrew Caple and Alan Stone of Wakefield House 'worked out' in the gym at Swindon's Marriott hotel on on Monday 25th June. They each rowed, cycled and ran a quarter of a marathon in each discipline (10.55km each time), with rowing replacing the swimming leg of a traditional triathlon event.
Thus they ran/rowed/cycled a total of 19.623 miles (31.65 kilometres) each. The first person completed the challenge in 2 hours 15 minutes and the last in 2 hours 35 minutes. Impressive!
All their efforts were in aid of Prospect Hospice in Swindon, which offers dedicated end of life care and support to patients and their families in the Swindon and North Wilts area. Their care takes place not only at the Hospice, but also at Great Western Hospital and in patients' homes. The service is free to all who need it.
The team's imaginatively titled Just Giving page, Shattered R Us is here.
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Tuesday, 3 July 2012
Monday, 25 June 2012
NNO Get Athletic
Ken Ingham has been in touch about a combined athletic effort he's participating in, which is set for Community Week and beyond...
The National Newspaper Office's elite sports division, NNO Athletic, will be training hard and taking part in a number of sports challenges. With your support, we hope to make the training and effort worthwhile by raising lots of donations along the way for our team's chosen charities.
*The sports challenge schedule*
It kicks off in June during Community Week, and our NNO Athletic athletes - Gavin Fraser, Sam Blackman, Chris Atherton and Ken - will between the 4 of us swim, bike, and run a combined distance of 190 miles through the following events:
Our chosen team charities are:
All donations will be split equally between these three charities and NNOAthletic have set up a Virgin Money Giving page for your donations :)
Looking forward to reporting your progress in Dispatches guys!
The National Newspaper Office's elite sports division, NNO Athletic, will be training hard and taking part in a number of sports challenges. With your support, we hope to make the training and effort worthwhile by raising lots of donations along the way for our team's chosen charities.
*The sports challenge schedule*
It kicks off in June during Community Week, and our NNO Athletic athletes - Gavin Fraser, Sam Blackman, Chris Atherton and Ken - will between the 4 of us swim, bike, and run a combined distance of 190 miles through the following events:
- From S to N day ride: 24th June - Ken & completed - showing pictorial evidence!
- Windermere Olympic Triathlon: 1st July - Ken & Chris (brrr, Lake Windermere will be cold. From S to N cyclist, Steven Clark says 'it's normal'!)
- Milton Keynes Half Marathon: 8th July - Sam
- London Sprint and Olympic Triathlon: 22nd & 23rd Sept - Ken and Gavin (a swim in Docklands, nice!)
- Harvest Trail Half Marathon: 23rd Sept - Sam (as Ken points out, he'll be running a marathon in total, with just a couple of months or so between the halves)
Our chosen team charities are:
All donations will be split equally between these three charities and NNOAthletic have set up a Virgin Money Giving page for your donations :)
Looking forward to reporting your progress in Dispatches guys!
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