A father and son travelled to Spain and ran 145 miles over five days in Andalusia to raise money for Rosemere Cancer Foundation.
Mike and Dean Thompson travelled to Andalusia, which has been hit by the heatwave and raised over £500 for the charity by running across its mountains.
Retired retail assistant Mike, now 70, who used to work at Clayton Green’s Asda supermarket, wasn’t awarded an official finishing time although he ran the equivalent of just under two marathons in blistering 40 degree plus heat.“There are checkpoints around every 10km or so and you have to reach them in a certain time. If you don’t, you’re out and unfortunately, about half of the entrants, myself included, didn’t get to a checkpoint on time.
“It didn’t give me the chance to get into my running and with absolutely no shade anywhere, I was a bit slower than I needed to be.”But Mike, who is married to Lyn and also dad to Michael, Darren and Donna, and a grandad of five, is undeterred. He and Dean are already entered into a six day African 155 mile trail event next year, which they will again run for Rosemere Cancer Foundation and which will take them back to Tanzania and the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro.
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