2025 total as of 22 September:
£22,451

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30 Sports for 30 Days of September
Venice Marathon
San Sebastian Marathon
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Latest News

“30 sports in 30 days" is here and I’m trying some new sports and hopefully improving on some that I have tried before!

As well as a big thank you to everyone who has been involved in organising an event, has entered as an individual or a team, who has donated, is supporting or has made suggestions, I’d like to say a massive thank you to those who have also sponsored days.  With the kind generosity from those sponsors and for the Z Zurich Foundation for matching the donations, we hope to raise a lot of money for Parkinson's UK.  I'd also like to thank Everyone Active, Newbury Road Club, San Shou Kuan Martial Arts Watford and Steve McAvoy and the team at Silchester who have gone above and beyond with either organising a special session or inviting myself and the local Parkinson's UK branches along. 
All the details regarding the sports I am taking part in can be found here

Logo of BSG Financial Solutions with their name, a Celtic knot design, and an emblem of a sword and shield with 'Financial Planners' and 'Chartered' written.
Logo for Daton Seeds featuring stylized green and yellow seed design with the company name in green text
JB Roofing of Basingstoke logo with blue text on a white background

The Everyone Active Podcast got me talking about exercise and Parkinson’s along with Alastair Macfarlane. Great to learn more about their free membership and services for people with Parkinson’s.

Special donation received

Thank you to Mark Heasman for his donation of a book celebrating 40 years of British Sport that was sent to John Major in 1993when he was the UK’s Prime Minister. Many of the images in the book are signed by heroes including Roger Bannister, Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton and Tessa Sanderson. We will be arranging an auction of the book soon. If you’d like to be kept informed, please just let me know.

The word 'pedalon' written in dark blue lowercase letters with an orange line underneath.
Logo for ER Motors featuring green background, white stylized letters 'E' and 'R', with red and yellow accents, and the word 'MOTORS' in yellow at the bottom.
Text says 'We Are Marketing' with a green square to the right of the text.
Open magazine featuring a vintage car driver in a racing suit and helmet, standing next to a black racing car with the number 18, and a black-and-white photo of a man in goggles and a leather jacket. There is also a color photo of a woman running on the track.
An open magazine showing a photo of a man celebrating victory at the London Olympics, a swimmer from the 1976 Olympics, and the section titled "Champions of the World" listing various sports achievements.

2025 Challenges completed so far

Cycling up Mont Ventoux, the ZWAP cycle tour from top to bottom of Portugal , the Hampshire Hoppit marathon, the arctic run marathon, the Seville marathon, Rome marathon, the Reading Half marathon and day 2 of Neil Russell’s incredible Oxford to Cambridge running challenge, cycling across Ireland up part of the wild Atlantic Way and back across Ireland and climbing the rigging of the Cutty Sark………

Challenges for the rest of 2025

Upcoming events

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30 Sports for 30 Days of September
Sep 1
30 Sports for 30 Days of September

Sporting Challenge Month - 30 sports in 30 days!

Venice Marathon
Oct 26
Venice Marathon
San Sebastian Marathon
Nov 23
San Sebastian Marathon
Valencia Marathon
Dec 7
Valencia Marathon

Past events

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Golf Day
Sep 4
Golf Day
2 hour marathon challenge “The re-run”
Aug 31
2 hour marathon challenge “The re-run”
Climbing up the rigging of the Cutty Sark
Aug 1
Climbing up the rigging of the Cutty Sark
Cycle tour of Ireland
Jul 18
Cycle tour of Ireland
Cycling North to South of Portugal with ZWAP
Jun 23
Cycling North to South of Portugal with ZWAP
Try-athlon
Jun 22
Try-athlon
The Hampshire Hoppit Marathon
Jun 15
The Hampshire Hoppit Marathon
Arctic marathon in Vesterelen
Jun 7
Arctic marathon in Vesterelen
Raid Province cycle tour including Mont Ventoux
May 10
Raid Province cycle tour including Mont Ventoux

Going the Extra Mile 2025 in 2024

A yearly marathon and adventure race schedule with icons and text for each month, including events like London Marathon in April, San Sebastián Marathon in December, and various athletic activities such as kayaking, cycling, and zipwire adventures.

Other moments to remember in 2024

A large cake on a table with blue Parkerisons.uk branding at a Parkinson's disease awareness event, with people seated at tables in the background.
Four people standing indoors holding large checks for donations to Parkinson's UK and St Michaels Hospice, with a colorful abstract painting on the wall behind them.
A woman standing in front of colorful posters of theater performers outside a theater entrance.
Two men standing outside under a tent, one wearing a red and white shirt with running shoes, and the other wearing a striped shirt and shorts with striped socks and boots. They are shaking hands and holding a decorative silver tray or plate. There are chairs and a table with papers nearby.
Three men taking a selfie on a golf course with trees and a person walking in the background.

Challenges and celebrations from before 2024!

Group of cyclists wearing matching blue jerseys and helmets, posing outdoors on a sunny day with a scenic landscape and mountains in the background, during the 2019 Racerz on Ventoux event.
Parkinson's UK logo with the words: Change attitudes, find a cure, join us.

Our Chosen Charities

Helping to fund a new research approach being developed with other great Charities in the U.K. and overseas that will make research happen quicker and at a lower cost.