A Jersey Seafaris skipper raising money for Channel Islands Air Search was among the 36,000 people who took on the Valencia Marathon over the weekend.
Joshua Dearing was joined by a few other islanders as he faced the Spanish heat and completed the course in just over four hours.
“It was a lot warmer than we had hoped for – I was checking the weather the week before and you could see it was going up and up,” he said.
“Everyone did really well; it was a lovely place to run.”
Joshua was running as part of fundraising efforts by Jersey Seafaris in support of the RIB tour and charter company’s chosen charity for this year, Channel Islands Air Search.
The voluntary airborne search-and-rescue service was called on 32 times last year.
The figure marked an average of one call-out every 11.4 days, and an increase from the 16 call-outs recorded the year before.
Its 20-strong crew includes pilots, search directors and observers – all volunteers – who collectively gave over 2,050 hours of voluntary service during the year.
Jersey Seafaris has so far raised almost £1,500 for the charity.
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Islanders can donate to the Channel Islands Air Search here.