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1000 mile Challenge - LONDON March 2nd to 13 April 2003

Well Paul is at it again - if you thought it was an incredible achievement to finish two Comrades marathons - back to back read on!

6 intrepid poms (2 females and 4 males) of which one is Paul Selby will start off at 4.00pm on Sunday the 2nd March to complete 1 mile every hour for 1000 hours. That in total time equates to 6 weeks of solid running / walking - the most any one will be able to sleep is 1 1/2 hours at a time for the entire period. The half dirty dozen who live on a bus, as they are being called, will be living, sleeping and eating on a double Decker bus along the very busy Flora London Marathon route that spans across London, for the entire period. Total distance run every day - NEARLY A MARATHON every day for 6 weeks. Just to add another sting to the tail - the 1000 hours officially finishes at 9 am on the 13th April (the same day as the Flora London Marathon) all remaining competitors have to start the official marathon at 9.30 - yeah you got it after running for 6 weeks they still have to run another marathon - this will then determine who the overall winner is - the first finisher over the line will be declared the official winner of the 1000 mile Challenge.

WHY would someone want to do something so crazy - because THEY CARE- the event is being held to raise funds for 4 charities in the UK.

More about Paul Selby - what makes this man tick to be able to push his body and mind to the absolute limits by running double Comrades in a total time of just over 21 hours and now wanting to perform what must be one of the ultimate challenges that any human being can put himself through. Being privileged to being married to Paul, I often wonder what makes him tick - I have not yet found the answer other than that he is passionate about his running and sees no event as being too much of a challenge. Paul is also an extremely charitable man and believes in giving back to the community - hence his continuos involvement with running for charity.

“Paul’s latest challenge was to complete his 500th standard marathon/ultra in conjunction with his running of the 20th Comrades marathon in June 2004. This necessitated running 33 marathons or ultras between February and May 2004. Needless to say, he completed this challenge and who knows what opportunities for new goals will be set in the future!