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| Matthew Boorman is doing 40 challenges in his 40th year, ranging from eating a sprout a day, shaving his head and reading the entire works of Shakespeare. MHLC-08-10-11 40 challenges |
A MONOPOLY board pub crawl, getting a tattoo, milking a cow and spending 40 nights in a graveyard are just some of the things in store for a Warwick dad this year.
Father-of-three Matthew Boorman of Chase Meadow turned 39 last month and, in an effort to raise money for the severely disabled daughter of his best friend, has set himself 40 challenges for his 40th year.
Mr Boorman is raising money for the Advance Centre where Lea Clarke, six, is being treated for a rare brain abnormality and is aiming to raise over £5,000 for her continued treatment through a series of challenges ranging from the unpleasant to the extreme.
After kicking off the challenge last month he has already shaved his head and eaten a sprout a day, both of which he will keep up for the whole year, and visited 100 of the 1,000 English A-Z of villages.
Other challenges include:reading the entire works of Shakespeare; skinny dipping; throwing a dart at a map of the British Isles 40 times and travelling there that day; doing cheese rolling in Gloucestershire and shaking hands with 40 people he admires.
He said: “I have to keep up with it daily, I have been running a lot and of course eating my sprout-a-day and everything has got to be filmed as proof.
“I’ve been dressing up as Shakespeare and reading the plays out loud on film.
“I have visited nearly half of the 40 football league clubs I need to, and over 100 of the villages, which is ten per cent done already.
“My job is in insurance so I’m on the road a lot anyway and try to work it so I can complete challenges along the way.
“I try to combine some of them, but for example I have to spend an hour in 40 different lifts and if I’m in a lift eating sprouts and dressed as Shakespeare people might think I’m a bit weird!
“Everything has been pencilled in for dates throughout the year. There are certain challenges that I can do indoors. I’ve got the colonic irrigation next month, and I’m not looking forward to that at all.”
He admits the biggest challenge is the London Marathon next April, and is in intense training for it, while getting 40 kisses under a waterfall will be rather less taxing for him.
“People have been very supportive,” he added. “Everybody’s been really good and interested in the charity - I’ve made a grand already, which is really good.
“Unfortunately Lea’s not doing too good, she has deteriorated in the last few months. She’s only eight and is stabilised but not looking that good at the moment. But it is about giving her a quality of life and the Advance Centre is a great place and a very worthy cause.”
To see the full list of Mr Boorman’s challenges, sponsor him and follow his progress, go online:
uk.virginmoneygiving.com/midlifecrisischallenge
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