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'EIM' Lands End to John O Groats - World Record Attempt
She's
a smasher Sharon
claims world record Sharon's
on top of the world A
real close-knit finale for record breaker Sharon Click link below
to download video
clip: Evening
Gazette 13/09/2006: Evening
Gazette 09/09/2006: Evening
Gazette 06/09/2006: Evening
Gazette 04/09/2006: Evening
Gazette 02/09/2006: Evening
Gazette 17/08/2006: Northern
Echo 18/08/2006:
Current record is held by Sandra Brown 13 days, 10 hours 1 minute in 1995. My plan is to start at 7am on 3rd Sept 2006 and aim to break 12 days by running between 65 and 85 miles per day. I will start the remaining days at 6am as darkness is setting in earlier than expected, will then be able to run third block in daylight and only have last block in darkness. Planned run The plan is to run in 4 blocks of 4 hours per day as follows:
In practice on the trial this system worked incredibly well. It is worth noting that after the first day when stiffness sets in I will have to walk the first half an hour to get the legs moving and warmed up and then should be able to run again. On the last section of the day I will walk at least the last half an hour to slow the heart rate down in order to try to sleep. On the very last day of the event it is likely that I will run through the entire night!! Planned Schedule 
I have personally
done a recce of the entire route and detailed maps of 1:25000 have
been compiled with narrative description of the route including parking
areas. The roads are easy, the towns/cities will be where the difficulty
lies, our trial took us through Edinburgh, which is the biggest city
we have to navigate, this went very well but is a big section and
the vans are not worth travelling with and will go around the city
bypass and cross the Forth Bridge for reconciliation.
The plan is to run with one supporter following me on a bike. Camper van will be close by but not directly following, leapfrogging a couple of miles at a time to avoid being hit from behind, the second camper van will go approximately 15-20 miles ahead (per 4 hour running distance as detailed in planning) with shopping/cooking duties to prepare food for Sharon and entire support crew on taking an hours break. I will not go ahead of schedule but may fall behind when plans will have to be changed. Equipment required
Charity The nominated
charity is Asthma UK, as I never get through a whole year without
dropping out of races due to my asthma. This is a condition that
affects 1 in 5 households and 5.2 million people suffer with this
condition. All donations will be going to the nominated charity,
sponsor forms will be available on my website, money buckets will
be carried on the event and various people contacted by Asthma UK
will run a block with Sharon. Willie Rennie will be running through
his consituency just north of Edinburgh, he is also asthmatic and
a runner. You can sponsor Sharon now by going online at: Sponsorship Although all the money raised by this event will be going to charity (Asthma UK), there are various sponsors that are providing help with the costs of the challenge.
Arki Busson from EIM tailor made hedge funds portfolios (better known as father of Elle MacPherson’s two sons) is covering the biggest expense of hiring the motor-homes with food, fuel and kit adding to the expense.
Mannatech has been an ongoing sponsor of Sharon’s since 2000 supplying nutritional supplements. Sharon will be taking most of the products this company supplies such as the Catalyst (vitamin and mineral supplement), Ambrotose AO (an antioxidant formula to neutralise free radicals and toxins), Ambrotose (to help the immune system), Sport (herbal supplement that aids stiffness), Empact (sports drink) and Glycoslim, which will be the most vital element of this event. This is a milkshake that is a replacement meal, I always use this as a recovery drink after events and during this years World 24 Hours in Taiwan. Eating on the run is extremely difficult, too many sports drinks are too acidic for my stomach, but this is the perfect solution, I will probably drink around 8 portions of this per day.
Asics have provided superb kit and shoes for Sharon to wear, I am a big fan of Asics and wore their shoes in this years World 24 Hours in Taiwan. They have provided two sizes of shoes (Kayano) as my feet will expand during this challenge!!
Ian Williams from this company has already donated boil in the bag foods that we used on the trial and will be used for both myself and the crew on the event. Keeping energy levels up is vital for this challenge and cooking and eating while on the move is a challenge in itself. They do a lot more than just boil in the bag foods to, so take a look at the website.
Lucozade sport have provided sports drinks and energy bars to fuel the crew on their long bike rides as well as Sharon.
In order for this record attempt to be recognised there are procedures that have to be followed for verification, part of this involves getting independent people in the street to sign and verify they have seen me at a certain place with time and dates and a very detailed log book must be kept. It is hoped that the mayor of Penzance, Councillor Dennis Axford will start the event and Councillor John Green has the hard task of tracking me to the finish line, which may happen at a very unsocial hour, so my thanks go out to him. Publicity There has been masses of publicity that I am finding hard to keep up to date with, my local Evening Gazette have been hard at work and are hoping to do regular updates during the event. Mike Amos done his usual fantastic report in the Northern Echo and even hopes to be at John O’Groats for the finish. Heather McWilliam did a superb report on ITV Tyne Tees and will also do a follow up programme. Various other media have been in contact, far too many to detail here and currently ongoing, Tanni Grey-Thompson being a great help here (Tanni and Ian are also hoping to join us on the event at some stage). Vicky Shepherd or Ella Towers will update my website daily, Bill to make contact daily between 20:00 and 21:00. Supporters
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