John is racing a horse to raise money for the Thame to Thame fundraising efforts to help rebuild a community in the Solukhumbu region of Nepal that was badly hit by the earthquake on the 25th April. 

The Man v Horse marathon in Wales was started in 1980 as a result of a pub bet, and has been an annual fixture ever since. On Saturday 13th June John will be outside the Neuadd Arms in Llanwrtyd Wells ready to join a record field of more than 600 runners and 50 horses and riders for the 36th race of the species. 

The course was changed in 1982 to provide a more even match between the man and the horse resulting year on year in very close finishes - sometimes with the horse winning by only a few seconds. It took 25 years before a man finally beat a horse, Huw Lobb won in 2hrs and 5mins beating the fastest horse by 2 minutes. His feat was repeated 3 years later by Florien Holtinger, but the horse has remained unbeaten for the 7 years since.

Get behind John! We'll be sending out updates over the upcoming days and we'll be passing a sponsorship form round. Even better, add a few quid here!