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Let's get serious (only for a minute):

In May 2022 I received the worst phone call I hope to ever receive in my life. My mate, Hambo had taken his life. He was such an outgoing, friendly, driven person, it's the last thing I expected! This then triggered a spiral of mental health challenges for myself (and others) from anxiety to depression. The one thing that kept me going during this time? Running and adventure.

So what happened:

In order for me to survive in this world, I had to take some pretty drastic measures and change the course of my life otherwise I wasn't sure what might have happened. I quit my full-time job in London (along with making some other changes).

So what now:

I am now 100% focused on trying to become a full time runner/adventurer and charity campaigner (with a bit of comedic zest chucked in too of course). I hope to help others to realise that we only have One Life. No Reruns (tattooed on my arm in case I forget) so we have to find a way to be happy and follow our passions and dreams. For me this is running, adventure and travel so let's really give life a go.

I aim to raise over £100,000 for a few different charities who have impacted my life or many of my family and friend’s lives. The charities I will be supporting are Movember, Mind, Dementia UK, British Heart Foundation, MNDA, My Name’5 Doddie Foundation and Maggie’s Cancer Care.

List of Challenges:

2024 November - TourDeMauritius - Ran over 300km in 6 days in 30+ degree heat around entire island of Mauritius

2024 September - 21 Hour Ultra Cycle - Zaragoza in Spain to Bilbao 306km/190 miles carrying months worth of equipment.

2024 August - Cycled from Scotland to Spain over 2000km/1294miles and then from Pallafrugel in Spain to Bilbao over 750km/466 miles

2024 August - Cycled Scotland to Yorkshire and Back Again - 600KM / 370 Miles.

2024 June to July - First Person Ever to Run 32 Ultramarathons (51.5k/32 Miles each) in 32 Days in All 32 Scottish Councils.

2023 - November and December - Ran 800miles/1,287km Across November and December (Including 5 half marathons, 13 marathons, and 5 ultramarathons, ranging from 33 miles (53km) to 60 miles (96km) and few other bits in between) to raise awareness for Mental and Physical Health for Movember.

2023 - August - Cycled from Mizen Head (bottom of Ireland) to Malin Head (top of Ireland) 750km - raised over £12,500 for MNDA

2022 - Kayaked over 100km around Isle of Arran for DementiaUK raising over £7,000

2021 - John O'Groats to Lands End Cycle - Over 1000 Miles in 9 Days - raised over £3,500

2021 - Ran London Marathon

2020 - London to Lands End by Bike in 4 days (389 miles and 27000 feet climb)

2020 - London Marathon, Marathon Ball and Copenhagen Ironman (Postponed)

2019 - Ride London by Bike (100 miles)

2018 - Half Iron Man (Swim 1.9km, Cycle 90km, 21,1km)

2017 - Ran London Marathon

2017 - Organised the Second Marathon Ball - Raising over £5,000 for Cancer Research UK

2016 - Ran London Marathon

2016 - Launched the Marathon Ball - Raising over £5,000 for Children with Cancer

Also please follow me on Social Media:

Instagram - @tourdethomo

Tiktok - @tourdethomo

X - @tourdethomo

Strava - Tour de thomo

Youtube - coming soon

Website/Blog - www.tourdethomo.com - coming soon

TourdeThomo Linkedin- www.linkedin.com/company/102157312/

Personal Linkedin - www.linkedin.com/in/chris-thomson-273a6941/

Thanks for all your support. And ‘ere we guuu!

Love you always and miss you, Hambo, family members and friends!

Love,

Chris Thomson x

(@tourdethomo)