Consett athlete leader Peter Walton is swapping checkouts for workouts as he gets ready to head to Italy as part of Team GB in a prestigious duathlon event.
And the Tesco team leader will be travelling to the event courtesy of his colleagues at the County Durham town's Extra superstore, as they have been madly fundraising to send the 64-year-old father of five off in style to take his place in the Team GB 65-70 age group.
Even though ex-marine Peter has been a keen sportsman for 40 years, he says he still can't believe that he is good enough to bag his place to represent his country in the 2023 European Sprint Distance Duathlon - and be reserve in the whole world event later in the year.
