Burgess Hill Runner Grigg takes on Star Wars Rebel Challenge dressed as a Stormtrooper

Burgess Hill Runners member, Neil Grigg, crossed over to the dark side this weekend for the 'Star Wars Rebel Challenge' at Disney World.

This comprised of a 10k and a Half Marathon whilst dressed as a Stormtrooper and he completed them in 42:01 and 1:39:54 respectively.

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He also completed a Star Wars 5k and whilst official results aren’t available, he finished around 5th place out of approximately 5,000 runners.

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