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Circumstances have dictated that I will be undertaking 12 months of challenges between my 30th and 31st birthdays comprising long-standing ambitions, whimsical fancies and drunken agreements . I have given it the unnecessarily grand title of 30th Year Challenges*. The specific challenges are not set in stone but at the moment may include:
- 27 January 2008 - Tough Guy
- 18 March 2008 - Alcatraz Bay Swim
- 21 June 2008 - Three Peaks Challenge
- 20 July 2008 - New York Triathlon
- 9 November 2008 - Athens Marathon
I will be recording the year for as long as I can be bothered at 30thyearchallenges.blogspot.com.
You can't do these things without being sponsored, not least to motivate/guilt trip me into continuing. I am raising money for two charities - The Stroke Association and the British Heart Foundation (www.justgiving.com/30thyearchallenges-bhf). Please donate to one or both of them as they are researching diseases that sadly are almost guaranteed to impact on everybody's lives. All offline donations will be split equally.
*To the nit-picking army (and I know your numbers are on the rise since Lynne Truss made pedantry a respectable hobby) I realise it is technically my 31st year but that isn't as catchy.