Paul Coleman, a retired pastor from Spixworth, got down to full a 70km run (43.5 miles) on his milestone birthday final Sunday (October 8).
His run took him from his home to Wroxham, to Aylsham by way of the Bure Valley path after which again throughout to Norwich on the Marriott’s Way.
Having solely accomplished his first half marathon (13.1 miles) in May of this yr in preparation for ‘the big one’, taking over 70km would show an enormous problem.
Paul Coleman even needed to run at midnight (Image: Paul Coleman)
Paul stated: “I wished to do one thing important to mark my seventieth birthday, one thing that may profit the charity Compassion UK, that my spouse Linda and I sponsor kids by way of and volunteer with frequently.
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“So, I set out on this loopy problem to run 70k on my seventieth birthday hoping to lift not less than £7,000 in the direction of an agroecology mission that can profit many many households in Togo, Africa, which is a rustic of individuals dwelling in abject poverty.
He ran by way of many well-known routes in Norwich (Image: Paul Coleman)
“So, on Sunday I accomplished the problem. I don’t thoughts admitting it was robust however I had the purpose in thoughts of what the funds are going to assist allow in Togo.”
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Like Paul’s efforts, the agroecology centre has bold targets. Once it has been constructed by June 2024, the centre hopes to ship a three-year coaching programme of agroecological strategies to greater than 2,000 young folks and 1,500 caregivers by December 2025.
Paul Coleman ran 70km to have fun his seventieth Birthday (Image: Paul Coleman)
Paul is nicely on his technique to hitting his £7,000 goal having raised a complete of £5,625 for the charity up to now, which works to “defend and empower” kids left vulnerable by poverty.
He nonetheless hopes that he’ll attain his purpose and so remains to be accepting donations which may be made at challenges.compassionuk.org.
He stated it was robust, however he was in a position to do it (Image: Paul Coleman)
