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1,000 miles of parkour to Paris
One man has set his sights on raising money for the Association by scaling, jumping and conquering any buildings or obstacles he encounters on his journey beginning in Scotland and ending in France.
In April parkour and freerunning expert Johnny ‘Sticky’ Budden will set out to become the first person to use parkour to get from the most northern part of the British Isles to Paris, where parkour was born in order to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association.
The 1,000 mile run will see Sticky doing over a marathon a day. Sticky will be scaling, jumping and conquering any buildings or obstacles he encounters on his journey. He will be travelling on foot (and hand) and sometimes even somersaulting/vaulting/overcoming obstacles through major cities on his route to Paris. Sticky was determined to use his skill to raise money for charity. After researching charities Sticky came across one disease that he immediately felt he had to support.
“What I do is incredibly physical; I use every muscle in my body to practice parkour,” explains Sticky. “When I came across MND and read what it does to the body, how it takes away people’s ability to move, I knew I wanted to help raise as much money and awareness for the MND Association as possible.”
“I live for pushing myself and spreading happiness through parkour. Whilst there will be a lot of endurance running (a marathon a day) I will be spending time in cities, training with kids and meeting locals before continuing my run.” That ‘run’ will be approximately 1,000 miles and Sticky is very happy to have companions join him for parts of his journey. Do look out for Sticky in the coming months, he may well be climbing, running and jumping in a city near you.
