At 6.30am on Wednesday 30th August 2017, Jenson started his second sponsored event: The Aquathon Challenge!
What is an Aquathon?
“The sport of Aquathon consists of a continuous, two-stage race involving swimming followed by running.”
What did Jenson’s Aquathon Challenge consist of?
For Jenson, the challenge was a tough one: a 1 mile swim in open water followed immediately by a 3.0 mile cross country run – no mere ask!
Oh yes – and just to add to the challenge, Jenson decided that he would attempt to beat his own intensive football juggling “keepie-up” record before entering the water- a target of 400 touches of the ball in 3 minutes (yes, that’s over 2 per second!)
So all in all, a pretty steep challenge for anyone – then try doing it without arms!
So, how did Jenson do?
In short… phenomenally well!
Jenson managed to smash his keepie-up record, achieving an incredible 400 keepie-ups in just 2 minutes 3 seconds. For those of you who love stats, that’s an average of 3.25 touches of the ball… every second!!
Having smashed his first challenge, Jenson then went on to complete his 1 mile open water swim in just over 55 minutes, before climbing out of the lake and completing a 3 mile cross country run in just under 30 minutes!
As you will agree, that’s pretty breathtaking stuff – but why’s this necessary?
Well, as Jenson is getting older, he has decided he would like to pursue the journey towards getting prosthetic limbs. As this is highly likely to be abroad, it does bring with it significant costs.
Whilst this journey won’t happen overnight and there’s a lot to be worked out, Jenson has bravely taken the first step towards his dream – and every ounce of support he receives means the world to him!
If you think Jenson’s efforts are worthy of a donation, please scroll down and hit the donate button! If not, don’t worry, enjoy the video below and be inspired to go further this year than ever before…
