SOLDIERS took part in a charity challenge which saw them cover the distance from Colchester’s Merville barracks to the Eiffel Tower.
Troops from 13 Air Assault Support Regiment Royal Logistic Corps completed the challenge in aid of Multiple Sclerosis charity MS-UK.
Using ten fitness machines the unit’s four Colchester-based squadrons ran the 112 mile distance to Dover, rowed the 21 miles across the Channel, recycled the 181 miles to Paris and walked 1,710 steps up the Eiffel Tower.
The winners were 82 Air Assault Task Force Squadron in a time of three hours and ten minutes.
Sgt Jonathan Johnson, who organised the event, said: “It’s been an enjoyable way to get the whole regiment together and everyone’s really put a lot of effort in.
"I was expecting the first team to take five hours, but that time was smashed.”
The challenge raised money to support MS-UK’s Joseph’s Court centre in Colchester.
The centre has specialist physiotherapy equipment to help people with MS build up muscle strength and tone.
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