17 for the XV11th Challenge for charity
On 17th March 2025, soldiers and officers from B (Leicestershire) Company, 2 Royal Anglian ‘The Poachers’, undertook an all-day fitness challenge.
Running, swimming, cycling, lifting and crawling for a cause very important to every member of B Company.
- 17 Mile run around Rutland Water
- 1700m SkiErg
- 17 Calories burnt on assaul bike
- 170 Burpee box jumps
- 17 pull-ups
- 17km exercise bike
- 1700m rowing machine
- 17 lengths of the swimming pool
- 1700m log carry
- 1700m GPMG run
- 1700m stretcher carry
- 1700 casualty drag
- 1700m leopard crawl
- 170 press ups
- 17 minutes of planking
- 17km run around Kendrew Barracks
The Royal Anglian Regiment Charity are the central charity of our regiment and support service personnel, families and veterans in need of help or at a time of hardship.
The charity offers a range of support for serving and former members of The Royal Anglian Regiment as well as those from antecedent regiments alongside dependents of such persons.
For the challenge, we wanted to focus on our connections to the regiment’s history. Our Company trace their heritage to the 17th Regiment of Foot. Here then, provided the perfect marker for the undertaking.
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