Leightons boss to take on four-day endurance challenge

Ryan Leighton, CEO of Leightons Opticians & Hearing Care, will complete an ironman-length triathlon fundraiser over four days in Sicily.

So far Leighton has raised over £3,000 for the youth charity Big Change.

The cause has also been supported by Leightons Opticians & Hearing Care’s Andover branch, led by branch manager and dispensing optician Andy Izzard, who raised £230 through a cake sale.

His challenge will begin with a 3.3km ocean swim, followed by a 125km mountain bike ride over two days. The final day of the challenge consists of a half marathon run to within 10km of Mount Etna’s summit, where participants then hiked the final 10km to the crater ridge.