Mark takes his dog for a 20,000-mile run; FUND-RAISING: Commando and his husky will criss-cross America and Canada to help victims of the terror attacks last year.(News)

From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: April 4, 2002 | Copyright information

A COMMANDO is limbering up for an incredible 20,000-mile run around America and Canada in tribute to those killed in the September 11 terrorism attacks.

Mark Llewhellin, 28, will be accompanied on the run, taking in 48 states and six Canadian provinces, by his two-year-old pet dog Hope.

The Siberian husky is being fitted with special leather shoes to protect her paws on the marathon which aims to raise thousands of pounds in sponsorship money ...

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