Owen John’s latest running challenge will see him running 200 miles across Iceland in 10 days. Here, Owen explains how you can support him, both in terms of raising money for good causes and by helping out around the Beacon in his absence…
On my fitness and running journey, I’ve been lucky enough to meet and rub shoulders with some pretty impressive people – world champions, Guinness World Record Holders, and some pretty bad ass individuals who provide plenty of inspiration on a daily basis.
Danny Bent is one such individual. He was voted one of the 100 happiest people in the UK, and one of the 50 most inspirational people in London.
He is an award winning author and journalist, Guinness World Record holder, and celebrated adventurer and community leader.
Motivating people to be the best version of themselves is Danny’s passion and trade. Encouraging them to do more, give more and live more. Living dreams, facing fears, and loving themselves, others and life with abandon are his tool kit.
He set up and founded One Run For Boston, a 3328.2 mile relay run across the US, that raised $550,000 for those affected by the Boston Marathon bombings.
He is also the founder of Project Awesome in the UK providing free fitness in Central London, and The London Relay (which I’ve run a leg of) where a 10k leg made up part of a relay which ran for 24 hours a day for a month.
It all started with an idea on Facebook, where Danny was looking for people to help him celebrate his birthday by joining him on a run across Iceland, and before I knew it I and a band of intrepid runners and adventurers had agreed and The Great Norse Run was born.
Not just a run, this has been described as a nomadic journey covering 200 miles in just 10 days, camping in the wilds of Iceland and fully experiencing all the beauty it has to offer.
In typical Danny fashion he also wants to leave a legacy, so we have joined with The Committed Project to raise funds to support the work they do.
Their aim is to help young people get the skills and experience they need for a meaningful and positive life. They do this through adventures, mentoring and interventions lead by some really inspirational people.
I’ve never run this far in such a short space of time, so this is going to be a huge test of both my physical and mental ability.
Any support you can give to both me and the charity would be amazing, especially as a group we are trying to raise in excess of £30K!!
You can sponsor me on the following link http://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/owen-john3?utm_id=124 or by finding me behind the bar at the Beacon.
Along with any financial support, I’m also asking for some help around the football club whilst I’m away. I fly out on Thursday September 19th and in the 11 days I’m away we have home games with both Lingfield and Loxwood.
If anyone is able to help with any of the jobs on match day – behind the bar, tannoy, team sheet board etc please come and speak to me or Dave and we will happily discuss where you can help.
We’re only a small group here, so any help you, or someone you know might be able to provide will be greatly appreciated.
I’d just like to thank you in advance for any help, be that physical here, or financially for the charity, and look forward to boring you all with stories of my travels once I return!
