Steve Boswell

Slalom Globetrotters Team. A keen sportsman whose first accolade in sport came at age twelve when named as Great Britain’s youngest black belt in Kyokushinkai karate. Since then, Steve has been actively involved in rugby, orienteering and cross-country running, and has twice completed the London Marathon. In recent years, he has become passionate about rock climbing and snowboarding, travelling through Europe and Canada to pursue these activities. In 2003, Steve successfully completed the Marathon des Sables, hailed as the “Toughest Footrace on Earth”, running 151 miles in 6 days across the thankless Sahara Desert and raising some £10,000 for charity. A lifetime’s physical exertion led to Steve having bilateral hip resurfacing operations in 2005-2006, from which he is now recovering. The 39-year-old joined the British Army aged 16 and has had a varied career serving in the UK, Germany, Canada, Kenya, Belize and Bosnia. He qualified as a Physical Training Instructor in 1989, and in 1999 he specialised as a Remedial Instructor, providing Exercise Rehabilitation at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Unit, Headley Court, for 5 years. Steve is currently based at the Army Training Regiment, Lichfield, where he is the Warrant Officer Class II overseeing physical training for new recruits to the Royal Signals and Royal Engineers. Having managed the world’s hottest, Steve is ready to undertake “The World’s Coolest Marathon”. He is keen to “test” the new metal hips, and where better to do so than the 2007 North Pole marathon? See www.keepmeactive.com for his diary.