An 81-year-old ‘fitness fanatic’ from Wakefield, shall be embarking on an enormous trek of 124 miles, earlier than collaborating within the Great North Run – as a method to increase money for The Salvation Army.
Andy Peddle, shall be setting off from his home in Wakefield on Saturday, September 2 and can finish in Newcastle the day earlier than he’ll participate within the largest half marathon within the UK.
Peddle is encouraging others to hitch him alongside his route, which is able to embody Leeds, Harrogate, Ripon, Northallerton, Darlington earlier than ending in Newcastle through the Angel of the North and The Salvation Army’s Newcastle City Temple church.
Peddle, who shall be donning his signature high hat on his trek, mentioned: “I’d been thinking about a challenge for my ninth decade after completing the London Marathon in 2015 for The Salvation Army.
This won’t be easy as my aim is to do 10 miles on the first day, then 16 miles a day until the final stretch when I’ll do five miles to ease off in time for the Great North Run, which is another 13 miles that I plan to run and walk. I am in training now and more than ready to go!”
“The idea is to invite others to walk alongside me and get sponsored as well. We’ve already got lots of people planning to join us at the start from Millennium Park, Rothwell, near my home in Wakefield, but I would love to invite others along the route.”
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Peddle continued: “People can walk half a mile or 10 miles, depending on how much they would like to do and bearing in mind I have to cover 16 miles a day I’ll be going at quite a pace!”
Peddle has beforehand volunteered with The Salvation Army’s trendy slavery crew as a driver transporting and accompanying rescued survivors to protected homes.
Speaking on why he has chosen to help The Salvation Army as soon as once more, Peddle defined: “I feel passionately about doing this because I am passionate about what The Salvation Army does and what it stands for.
“It is the church I belong to, but it has this vision of helping other people which has been there since the start. I’m glad to be part of that vision and do my own little bit, to do it at my age and encourage other people to do it too.”
Peddle is hoping to lift £8,100, which is 100 kilos for every year of his life to this point.
Major Kathy Betteridge, Director of Anti Trafficking and Modern Slavery for The Salvation Army, mentioned: “We are so grateful to Andy for undertaking this incredible challenge to support survivors of modern slavery as they rebuild their lives following the most horrific exploitation and abuse.”
