A Sunderland soldier has started his mammoth challenge of running or walking 10 miles a day for 1,000 days to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
David Ansell has already done a half marathon every day for a year between September 2020 and 2021 but has set himself an even more extreme challenge for 2023 by either walking or jogging 10 miles for the next 1,000 days - a total of 10,000 miles! David took off from the start line on Thursday afternoon from Fenham Barracks, where he is the Squadron Training Warrant Officer.
Officer Ansell was inspired to do his previous challenge when his father, also called David, was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died just weeks into his son's first challenge in October 2020.
