DAVID’S CRAZY 24 HOUR CHALLENGE! and more challenging that also took me to the places that meant something to me. Since my parents died 7 and 11 years ago, I have been raising money for the hospices that cared for them in their final days. I wanted to do something more than just running a set distance, so I was interested when I read about a 24 miles in 24 hours challenge. I also felt the more I pushed myself the more people would see the effort I was putting in and want to sponsor me, which they have! Where did you run and why did you choose those locations? I started off where I now live, in Rochester, then I moved on to Billericay, where I am from. It was then across to Dartford then on to Guildford, Whiteley, Southampton and the New Forest, where I have family, and then back again.
On one of the hottest days of the year Dartford Living Co-owner and Designer, David Shafford, took part in a 24 miles in 24 hours challenge.
miles, with sometimes a 80 mile drive in between, actually made things worse as my legs started seizing up and by the 15 mile mark I had hit a wall that was hard to push through! Inspired by a challenge we But I was determined to complete it reported on last year, he wanted so I just pushed on through. to do something similar but with a few noticeable differences! While Why did you want to do a challenge the main part of the challenge like this? was the same, run a mile every I have done runs in the past but hour for 24 hours, he wanted to wanted to do something different include various locations across the South East of England that were important to him. The plan was to visit 7 areas in the 24 hours to complete the miles so as well as running the 24 miles he would also be driving over 300 miles! We caught up with David to see how he got on. Well you have now completed the challenge, how was it? It was a lot tougher than I expected as it was one of the hottest days of the year and stopping between the
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What was the hardest part of the run? I would say the hardest part of the run was when I finished the last mile in Southampton and then realised I still had 7 miles to run and 125 miles to drive and I was exhausted but it was never in my thoughts to give up. I was just thinking that it was going to hurt in the morning!! Having people support me along the runs either by running a mile, cheering me on in person or messages really helped though and got me through to the end.
