A Cheadle Hulme man aims to round off a 72-hour mega-triathlon by pulling a plane as he crosses the finish line. Carl Thomas hopes to raise £250,000 for Ollie’s Army, a Poynton-based charity raising awareness of Batten disease.
Carl is no stranger to charity challenges. And bizarrely, he is no stranger to dragging planes behind him as he runs. In fact, he previously set the record for running a marathon while pulling an aircraft behind him.
He has also completed 10 marathons in 10 days from London to Stockport and cycled from the borough to Stirling Castle and back in one day. “This is the last one — I’m turning 37 in November and my body is starting to break down,” he said. “This next challenge will encapsulate everything I have done so
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