Littlehampton man runs from Brighton Pier to Worthing Pier with a 50lb rucksack for charity

By James Butler
Published 24th Sep 2019, 16:14 BST
Joe Pattrick at the finishing lineJoe Pattrick at the finishing line
Joe Pattrick at the finishing line
A Littlehampton man has run from Brighton pier to Worthing pier in aid of the charity Run For Child Poverty.

Completing the 11-mile journey might seem like enough of challenge, but Joe Pattrick did it with a 50lb rucksack on his back on Saturday.

The 38-year-old said he set off at 8am and expected to arrive at 12.30pm, but did the journey in two hours, 20 minutes. He described the experience as ‘absolutely fantastic’. He said: “It was hard – don’t get me wrong; 50lbs of weight was hellish.

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“But there wasn’t a point when I thought I wouldn’t make it.”