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CHALLENGE TEN COMPLETED.....AND THAT’S AFRITREX FINISHED!!
A year away covering some 40,000 miles on the African continent came to a satisfying conclusion in New Year’s Eve as I ran the final marathon into my home town of Petersfield completing the tenth and final challenge of Afritrex.
Over the past year I have had some of the toughest yet most enjoyable experiences of my life, met some incredible life-changing characters along the way and completed what I set out to achieve almost five years ago when the planning started, raising much needed funds for the three charities I chose.
Over the next few weeks as I settle back into a more normal and maybe even mundane life back in England I will update the website and all associated pictures, videos, routes and journal entries to leave you the viewer with a complete overview of quite what I’ve been through.
Some initial facts and figures for you:
Days on the road: 370
Distance driven: 40,002 miles or 64,377 kms
Distance run in marathons: 255 kms
Height climbed up mountains: 23,834 metres
If you’ve been keeping in touch over the past year can I thank you for the overwhelming support I’ve received from all four corners of the globe, I will try to email you all when I can and maybe even visit you in the Colonel!
If you can in any way support me by making a donation, however small it may be, please follow the link below to the CAF website where the secure system will allow you to make a credit card donation.
Thank you again for all of your support,
Over and out...for now!
Ben, Bre and the Colonel 
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Welcome to Afritrex - A privately funded charity endurance challenge of marathons, mountains and more; documenting the encounters, obstacles and achievements of 12 months of hard fundraising and charity work across Africa.
Whilst circumnavigating the African Continent I will complete the following challenges:
- To complete five marathons of at least 26 miles
- To climb five of the highest mountains in Africa
- To visit as many of the sites across Africa where the Victoria Cross has been won as possible (VC180 Challenge)
"The challenge to make every penny count"
Have a closer look at the site and find out more about how we'll be spending 2008.
Keep up to date !! - The action is happening as we speak...
Click here for the latest diary entry
Click here for the latest photos
Click here for the latest route
Project Overview
My name is Ben Southall and for the last decade I’ve travelled extensively throughout Southern Africa taking on projects and expeditions to test my abilities and discover exciting new areas of the African continent, whilst in the UK I take part in fitness and endurance events to raise money for charity and thought it was about time I combined the two fields to create my own fundraising expedition from with others could benefit.
So was born Afritrex: the logistical equivalent of one man trying to build spaghetti junction using Taiwanese instructions and a broken shovel.
The idea was simple: take one continent; attempt to circumnavigate it and whilst doing so try and stay fit enough to complete a number of endurance challenges to raise money for my chosen charities and whilst doing so post it all on the internet!
This is set to be the most challenging, exciting and exhausting year of my life, can I really do it?
"The answer is I don't know,
so why not find out!"
This is me Ben Southall and this is my mission throughout 2008. Stay in contact with my progress updates on how things are going through this site.
I’ll be keeping you informed of my progress through biweekly updates to the site, route information and with regular photo and video blogs.
Check our route and progress here
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