Julian Pitchard, a Scillonian now living in Dubai, will be running in the Dubai Marathon on Saturday to raise money for the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Air Ambulance. The following week he plans a 500km cycle from Thailand to Cambodia.
Mr Pitchard now works in Dubai as area manager for Degussa Construction Systems.
He aims to raise ?10,000 for the air ambulance during the four-and-a-half hour marathon in the Dubai heat. His cycle will raise money for abandoned children on the streets of Bangkok and Cambodia.