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Speedflex triumphs in charity endurance challenge

Health and fitness company Speedflex has proved the proof is in the pudding when it comes to preparing for an endurance challenge.

The Jesmond-based business entered three teams into Walking with the Wounded’s Cumbrian Challenge and topped the league table for the second year running.

Three teams of four employees were entered into the challenge, two to compete for the title, and the third for a more personal challenge.

Speedflex Chairman Graham Wylie explained: “We were delighted when the two competitive teams finished in first and second place; it goes to show that Speedflex is a great endurance training tool!”

“I was in the third team alongside Speedflex Managing Director Paul Ferris who had a heart attack in September 2013, so for him it was a great feat that Speedflex training has allowed him to build up the level of fitness and endurance to be able to complete the course - and we still managed to finish in the top half of the leader board!”

The Cumbrian Challenge is held in Grasmere every year and is organised by charity Walking With The Wounded, who support the employment aspirations and vocational outcomes of our wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women. The challenge itself involves a 20k hike up into the mountains in the Lake District with 1300m of altitude gain.

The three Speedflex teams completed the course in 3 hours 56 minutes, 4 hours 1 minute and 7 hours 4 minutes respectively.

Wylie continued: “It was great to be involved with the event again this year and taking first and second place shows how the specific training taught and undertaken by Speedflex helped with everyone’s stamina and cardio on the day.”

“The team who finished in third position were a team of retired Marines so it goes to show that our teams were physically fit and more than capable after a good few months of regular training.”

The three Speedflex teams have also raised over £2,000 in sponsorship for Walking With The Wounded, which will help the charity to support injured ex-servicemen and women in finding new long term careers and independence outside the Military.

For more information about the charity and the work that it does please visit: http://walkingwiththewounded.org.uk/

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Speedflex .