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Pulling for the kids Saanich police employee aims to haul a car 21 km to raise money for pediatric cancer research Edward Hill
Saanich police quartermaster Kevin Nunn hauls a 70 pound weight up the steep Churchill Road on Mount Doug. Nunn is training to pull a Mini around UVic’s Ring Road for 21 kilometres in September to raise money for Tour de Rock.
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Shades on, plugged into his iPod, Kevin Nunn steps forward with a grimace toward the distant summit of Mount Douglas. Passing curious dog-walkers and hikers, and harnessed to a 70-pound metal sled, Nunn is a freight-train of spiked bleachblonde hair, arm tattoos and grit powering up one of the steepest paved hills in Greater Victoria. He stops to catch his breath a few times, but arrives at the 213-metre elevation parking lot in less than 20 minutes, red faced but smiling. “I enjoy it, but the calves really burn after doing that,” he says. The 49-year-old from Yorkshire completes this gruelling feat of strength three times per week, usually three round trips per session. This, he hopes, will steel his body for the real challenge – pulling a 2,530-pound Mini Cooper r around the University of Victoria’s Ring Road 12 times, equaling 21 kilometres. For Nunn, it’s all about ramping up the challenge, amping up the craziness, all to raise as much money as possible for Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock and his three Saanich police colleagues, tour riders Niki Hodgkinson, Jett Junio and Jana Sawyer.
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Two years ago, Nunn raised $2,500 by dying his hair bleach blonde and sporting a Billy Idol look. Last year he ran 60 kilometres, over the Malahat, from Cowichan to the Saanich police station, in seven hours and 19 minutes. With his Billy Idol hair and Union Jack shorts and shoes, he raised nearly $14,000 for the tour. “Every year I’m inspired by the community of Victoria and the Island. It’s fantastic. I’m pulling a car for a day, but it’s a team effort,” Nunn says. “Support from the local community makes it a team effort. “I’m hoping the bigger the event, the more charitable people will be. I hope the
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bigger the challenge, the more donations. My goal is $25,000.” A keen soccer player and a British army soldier for 22 years, Nunn is accustomed to hard physical exertion and pushing through pain. Hiking 50 or 100 kilometres with a 100-pound pack was a regular day in the army. But Nunn admits dragging a heavy, clanging metal sled up a mountain and pulling cars long distances is a new ball game. “It’s quite different. There’s a lot of drag with a flat plate. This hill is so steep it really tests the muscle endurance and
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