Intrepid Bromsgrove teacher completes gruelling Marathon Des Sables - The Bromsgrove Standard

Intrepid Bromsgrove teacher completes gruelling Marathon Des Sables

Bromsgrove Editorial 25th Apr, 2018   0

AN INTREPID science teacher and devoted father-of-two from Bromsgrove has raised thousands for the NSPCC after conquering the world’s toughest marathon.

George Browning took on the Marathon Des Sables, a 156-mile race across the Sahara Desert in Morocco with temperatures hitting 50C, completing it on April 13.

The science teacher at King Edward’s School in Edgbaston has raised more than £4,000 from this event alone and recently organised a charity rowing marathon, with the equivalent in distance to crossing the Atlantic Ocean, with pupils, parents and staff, taking the fund-raising total to £18,000.

The cash will enable the NSPCC to tackle child abuse across the West Midlands and the UK through its service centres which offer therapeutic support to children, its Childline helpline and ‘Speak Out. Stay Safe’ schools service.




“I’m delighted and relieved that it’s all over as it was beginning to take over my life a little bit.

“I’m proud to have finished and feel lucky to have had such great tent mates in Berbere Tent 108.


“The scorpions and camel spiders kept me on my toes, and the 50C heat was so debilitating I had to stop at checkpoints in the shade to avoid my core temperature rising too high and being pulled out of the race.

“Each stage offered a new challenge, endless high dunes, jebels, red hot salt plains, dried river beds or simply the vast distance with the longest stage being over 86km.

“It was certainly a once-in-a-lifetime race and one which I won’t do again soon.

“I would definitely recommend it to anyone with a sense of adventure.”

George became an experienced marathon runner after a knee injury from playing rugby.

He has previously taken part in a 100km night race and the Welsh 3000s Mountain Challenge which sees competitors climb all the peaks in Snowdonia.

Visit www.justgiving.com/fundraising/georgebrowning1 to donate.

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