Logan's Challenge
Logan's Challenge is a modern-day 'People’s Pentathlon' set up by former Scotland international rugby player and Strictly Come Dancing star Kenny Logan. The event will take place in five different cities across the UK during September and October 2009.
Locations
Logan’s challenge is set to take place at Gibside National Trust Park in Newcastle on 26 September 2009,[1] Coombe Country Park in Coventry on 3 October 2009,[2] Black Park Country Park in Buckinghamshire on 10 October 2009,[3] Heaton Park in Manchester on 17 October 2009 [4] and Strathclyde Park near Glasgow on 24 October 2009.[5]
Participation
Participants can enter as an individual or as part of a four-person team. The Challenge is also split into two levels, with participants choosing either ‘Chase’ or ‘Epic.’ 'Chase' includes a 5 km walk/run/jog and a 15 km cycle and 'Epic' involves a 10 km walk/jog/run and a 25 km cycle. There are also skill and mind challenges and the event concludes with an assault course.[6]
Celebrity Involvement
Kenny Logan will participate and host a celebrity team in each location and it is expected that his wife Gabby Logan will also participate. Other celebrities who have already signed up include James Cracknell, Gail Emms, Jamie Bamber, Heather Fell, Roger Uttley, Scott Hastings and Gavin Hastings, with more expected to sign up soon.
Sparks
Kenny and his wife Gabby are currently co-presidents of the charity Sparks, which will benefit from Logan’s Challenge. Sparks’ sole remit is to fund research across the whole spectrum of paediatric medicine. Their vision is a world where all babies are born healthy and stay healthy.[7]