Mentmore Golf & Country Club, Leighton Buzzard – November 2009) Nick Smith will attempt to pull a 1.8 ton vehicle around a 1.8 mile track to raise funds and awareness for Cancer research.
Nick who is a 43 year old company director decided to take on this challenge after he lost his mother to ovarian cancer just over 2 years ago. He always wanted to do something different for charity and decided that he will pull a 1.8 ton car around a 1.8 mile track. Nick, who resides in Wing - Buckinghamshire, said: “The inspiration to this challenge came from having to push a car in a garage at my local MOT centre. I realised I had the strength to push the car quite well and the centre owner was suitably impressed with my efforts. I then thought I should take it to the next level. You have to agree that it is certainly an original idea!”
The challenge will take place on the back end of March on the Dunsfold Park race track which is commonly known as the ‘Top Gear’ racing track.
Although Nick used to be a successful swimmer in his hey day his body and fitness levels are no where near the standard needed for such a high endurance strength challenge. Mentmore Golf & Country Club’s Christine Sparks a personal trainer at the club realised this and has taken Nick under her wing. She will be personal training Nick on multiple days throughout the weeks running up to the challenge.
Christine who has worked at Mentmore over the past 5 years is relishing the challenge of getting Nick in shape for this challenge. Christine, who spent six years training elite athletes in America, said: “Nick has a good platform to work with but will really need to work on the endurance aspect for this challenge. This will be a real challenge for us because of our time frame. Nick will have to work extremely hard and I will have to be versatile with his training programme to get the results we need fast.”
Nick will be having a practice run on the track on Sunday the 6th of December.
Mentmore Golf & Country Club offers personal training sessions for all there members. Why not find out more about how Mentmore can help you achieve you personal fitness goals by calling 01296 662020 today.