Studley man completes 100-mile triathlon in seven days
A STUDLEY man completed a 100-mile triathlon in seven days to raise over £1,200 for local causes and he also collected enough donations to hand over 13 food boxes to Arden Foodbank.
Chris Hall, aged 58, covered a total 121 miles over seven days which included six days covering a distance of 15 miles each day with a swim, run and bike ride and on Sunday 21st January he completed an Olympic triathlon distance with a 1.5 k swim, a 10k run and a 40k bike ride challenge equivalent to 31 miles.
The following charities and organisations have benefitted from Chris’ memorable achievement.
Macmillan £205 plus online donations; Arden Food Bank £205 plus 13 food boxes;
Studley Sports and Social club £205 plus any other money raised by themselves;
Methodist Church £205 plus other money raised; Aunty Jen Productions £50
Nosh and Nags in Studley £50. The final amount raised was £1,210.
Chris, who started the challenge on his birthday, said:
“I did a lot of sport when I was younger and nothing for years until I did a sponsored swim for cancer research a few years ago. I trained for six weeks for the event but I had never cycled 24 miles straight off in my life and hadn’t ran10 k since I was 20.
The event was about promoting the good work the local organisations do raising money for good causes not about me and we did it which is the achievement and the success of the event. A big thank you to anyone who donated especially our guests who were fabulous.”
Susan Kinnersley, manager of Arden Foodbank said: “We are so grateful to Chris for selecting us as one of the beneficiaries for his huge physical challenge, and what a feat. Both our volunteer teams at Alcester and Studley, together which form the Foodbank, have sadly been busier than ever in 2023, when we saw nearly a 90 per cent increase in terms of foodbank vouchers compared to 2022, and almost a 100 per cent increase in terms of customers needing a food parcel. We will be here for as long as people need emergency food parcels and hope for a day when no one in the UK has to face going hungry.”
