Charlie's 200 mile pre-Marathon challenge

13 February 2009

Charlie with the narrowboat A member of this year's Daily Telegraph / Brain and Spine Foundation London Marathon team has decided that running the Marathon isn't quite enough of a challenge.

Charlie Pearson, from Altrincham, will set off for London over a week before the Marathon starts. And it's not because he lacks faith in the trains, although he certainly won't need to worry about signal failure with his chosen mode of transport. Charlie will be running the 206 miles from Altrincham to London, in a mammoth, 9-day journey.

"I have a route planned out and most of the time I will be using the canal network, and I will have valued support from a friend's canal boat", says Charlie. "So look out for a group of Brain & Spine tee shirts at a tow path near you."

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