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There are 145 million orphaned children in the world. 100 million more have been abandoned to live on the streets. SOS Children is the world's largest orphan charity and provides a family for life for children who have lost their parents through war, famine, disease and poverty

Over 78,000 orphaned and abandoned children are cared for by SOS mothers in clusters of family homes in more than 500 Children's Villages in 124 countries worldwide.

We are life long Tottenham Hotspur fans and were delighted to be asked by the club to take part in The British 10k London Run on Sunday July 10 to raise funds for their official charity partner.

So to get us into shape – we had a fitness session in the same gym the Tottenham players use at the Club’s training ground.

Sam Erith, Head of Sports Science, Fitness and Conditioning, found out what we were made of by taking us through the same kind of gym session he puts the likes of Gareth Bale and Luka Modric through.

After five minutes on the bikes, we were taken through a warm-up routine and vital statistics including height, weight and body fat percentage were taken before we took part in a submaximal performance test.

This involved running on a treadmill at set speeds that increase every three minutes, monitoring heart rate and oxygen uptake among other things.

Sam said: “Let’s just say that our results suggest these guys are going to need plenty of support to get in shape for this run, so any sponsorships or words of encouragement during their subsequent weeks of sweat and tears will go a long way to help!”

Nihal said: “It was amazing to have shared the gym equipment that the Spurs players themselves use - it was also sobering to discover that my post-club DJing diet of kebabs and chicken burgers has taken it's toll, leading to me having a body fat level equivalent to that of three Spurs players! I am looking forward to raising a lot of money for SOS Children's Villages and my wife I'm sure will be happy with me losing my love handles in the process!”

Kulveer said: “As a lifelong fan it was a dream come true to be put through my paces by the Spurs fitness team. However, it soon turned into a nightmare as I realised that I'm a million miles away from being match fit for a 10k run! But the motivation of raising lots of cash for SOS Children and to support the great work they do has persuaded me to give up the calorific fast food on-the-run diet that is the lot of a Mayoral adviser. Instead, for the next eight weeks, I promise to make time to pick a healthy option, eat more fruit and veg and actually do some proper running that is not from meeting to meeting!”

Tottenhamhotspur.com will keep you updated on how our training regime is coming along leading up to the big day on July 10! Look out for some involvement from Tottenham players in getting us motivated!

And fundamentally, thank you for your sponsorship which will go to SOS Children around the world, we want our training pain to be their gain!

Nihal & Kulveer

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