Author Archive for: ‘jsarnold’
Mount Snowdon Completed
0On 9th September 2017, supported by a team of 12, I successfully climbed to the top of Mount Snowdon, whilst wearing full stormtrooper armour! It certainly wasn’t easy though. Steep paths, rugged terrain, large rocks to clamber over, thick fog, near zero visibility, howling winds, …
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Mount Snowdon Challenge
Having run over 1,000 miles dressed in full Stormtrooper gear, I’ve decided to rotate the challenge slightly… climbing 3,560 feet straight up Mount Snowdon, the highest mountain in the British Isles, south of the Scottish Highlands. On 9th September 2017 I will be climbing up …
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Rebooting in 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1..
Hello. It’s been a while hasn’t it? So what happened? At the end of 2015 I was unfortunately diagnosed with dangerously high blood pressure, and my doctor forbade me from doing any running at all. Despite a raft of extremely thorough checks, scans and tests …
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Hull 10k – 2015
As a result of the interruption to my training earlier this year, the Hull 10k ended up being the first official charity race of 2015. I took part in this on Sunday 14th June, and was, once again, able to walk to the start line …
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First Costume Run of 2015
Last year I wore one of the fabulous stormtrooper costumes produced by Andrew Ainsworth at Shepperton Studios. He’s the guy who, back in 1976, designed and manufactured the original stormtrooper costumes for the Star Wars films. My costume was made using the same moulds, and …
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Never Mind The Midi-Chlorians…
Throughout the whole of 2014 I achieved what many said was either impossible, or highly inadvisable. I ran the best part of 1,000km dressed in an extremely heavy and restrictive costume, and raised both many smiles and many pounds along the way. As I’d entered …
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Kidscape Case Study
Right from the start of this challenge I have been formally associated with Kidscape, helping to raise money for them, and awareness of what they do. But in turn, Kidscape have been incredibly supportive of me, offering advice, helping to arrange interviews and opportunities, providing …
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Great South Run 2014
This was my second time completing the 10 mile route through Portsmouth which is the Great South Run, although my first time as a stormtrooper! I loved it – it’s one of my favourite runs, and as ever, the support was incredible. An extra boost …
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The Great South Mini Run
I am an extremely proud father. At 8 years old, Jack took part in the Great South Mini Run, a distance of 1.5 km, and ran the entire distance wearing an extremely cumbersome and challenging Darth Vader costume. Given that it was Jack’s obsession with …
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Darth Vader Joins The Team
Way back in 2013 when I decided to compete in a large number of long distance races in fancy dress to raise money for Kidscape I asked my son, Jack, for his thoughts on a possible costume. It was his obsession with Star Wars which …
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