Self-confessed fitness fanatic Danny Curtis has taken on a challenge of literally staggering proportions.
His challenge begins with the Tough Mudder, a 13-mile assault course incorporating electric shocks and barbed wire, on Saturday May 4 and ends on Saturday 11 May with the Rat Race Dirty weekend, another assault course, this time of 20 miles.
In between he plans to run Milton Keynes Marathon (26.2 miles) and the 10-kilometre Silverstone Grand Prix.
Danny turns 30 in December and wanted to push himself to tackle something new in the last year of his twenties.
“It’s a huge challenge as the furthest I’ve run before is a half marathon, 13.1 miles," says Danny, who has a sedentary job as a curriculum management assistant at the OU.
“I’m not worrying about target times, as long as I make it to the finish line. I’m just going to put one foot in front of another and eventually I’ll get to where I want to be."
Danny's training regime includes Brazilian jiu-jitsu, weight-lifting and the high-intensity exercise programme known as CrossFit.
He says studying Introduction to sport, fitness and management E112 has helped him improve his training.
"It's helped me gain the knowledge to train correctly and eat correctly and understand the theory behind what I do. Prior to starting the module I was just going on hearsay information and things I read on the internet."
Danny was originally aiming to do the foundation degree in Sport and Fitness, but says that now the OU has launched a full Honours degree in that area he hopes to do this "eventually”.
To help Danny reach his target of £1000 for Willen Hospice in Milton Keynes, you can sponsor him at 7 Days of Pain.
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- BSc Honours Sport, Fitness and Coaching
- Foundation degree in Sport and Fitness
- Introduction to sport, fitness and management E112
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