The Briggs family from Wales has smashed it – and last weekend, they finished conquering the last of three of the UKs toughest physical challenges that pushed them to their physical limits while raising a whopping £3,000 for RMA – The Royal Marines Charity!
“We are a competitive family and enjoy taking on new challenges for good causes and this year, Team Briggs decided to push the boundaries by taking on three individual challenges – with Jayden as our youngest team supporter to cheer us all on.”
We’ve already told you about son Dyllan, who started the ball rolling. He has been a Royal Marines Commando for almost three years and is currently based in Plymouth. He did the Plymouth half marathon last month in 1h57m with a 30lb day sack on his back: and mum Wendy, who ran the London Marathon in a personal best time of 4h 53m; and last but definitely not least, dad Doug last weekend completed the gruelling Welsh 3,000s.
This is one of the toughest mountain challenges in the UK, summiting all 15 peaks over 3,000 feet in Snowdonia National Park within 24 hours, covering around 50km and 3,800m of climbing. He set off at 0400 to first summit Crib Goch – and the last, 14hr 23m later being Foel Frais.
Wendy said: “We are a competitive family and enjoy taking on new challenges for good causes and this year, Team Briggs decided to push the boundaries by taking on three individual challenges – with Jayden as our youngest team supporter to cheer us all on.
As a family we know the RMA is such a worthwhile cause for the Royal Marines and have been determined to do as much as we can as a family to support and uphold the Commando Spirit in all the challenges we’ve done. It’s been awesome!”
Our huge thanks to an exceptional family.
