Here’s some news from our good friend Jez Allinson, known to many as the Running Stormtrooper….
My Running Stormtrooper Project has been going since 2016 and has now entered the 3rd and final chapter of this crazy trilogy: The Last Stormtrooper Run….
I run for fun, health and general well being. I am also a huge Star Wars fan/geek/nerd call it what you want 🙂
In 2016 I decided to combine these 2 different elements of my life and become the Running Stormtrooper to raise some money for the Make A Wish charity.
I had no idea that the Running Stormtrooper would still be running in 2018 and no idea that my alter ego would be in the 2018 Guinness World Record Annual!
The last couple of years have been absolutely fantastic. In 2016 £5335 was raised by the Stormtrooper for Make A Wish and in 2017 a staggering £13,376 was further raised.
In 2018 I made the decision to raise money for not 1 but 2 special charities: Make A Wish & Spread A Smile. The reason for me adding Spread a Smile is written in this article: 2018 – Deciding to Run Again and Why We Need To Spread A Smile.
I have my sights set on a more conservative fundraising target this year because in 2017 I had the added advantage of taking the Stormtrooper to a huge convention in the USA (Star Wars Celebration) where I was able to raise $5000. There isn’t the same convention on this year so I am already significantly down on predicted charity donations.
So how can I beat the 2017 challenge?
In 2018 the Running Stormtrooper will once again be taking on the London Marathon where i’ll be up against Darth Vader for the Guinness World Record. Darth is very likely to beat me but seeing as he is also a charity runner, fair play to him. However, the main event, the really big one will be on May the 17th when I will attempt to run 100Km in the Stormtrooper armour! Yes you read it right, 100 km!! See my short promo here.
One hundred kilometres in armour in one day will test me to the absolute limits!
I desperately need your support, therefore please would you be kind enough to visit the charity donation page here.
We’ll be supporting Jez and we hope many of you will do too. Take the link below for all the information you’ll need — every penny counts, but consider giving £5.01, $5.01 or €5.01 if you can! MTFBWY Jez!
