MARATHON man Steve Hill is set to become the first person to run the Ugandan marathon five times.

The deputy headteacher and fundraiser is returning to Uganda on May 28 for the first time since the pandemic to raise money for the Team Hill Charitable Trust and visit the charity projects and schools it supports.

Steve, who is the deputy head at St Joseph’s RC Primary School in Shaw, last visited Uganda to run the marathon in June 2019 and will this year be taking donated trainers, football kits and stationery for the children and young people at schools in the district of Masaka.

Aside from running the marathon on June 4, Steve is planning to organise a sports day for the students and will be visiting the Smile orphanage, the Eco Brix recycling projects, and the Eunice Medical Centre on Kalangala Island on Lake Victoria where he will be helping to build an extension to the clinic.

He said: “I’m really looking forward to getting out there again and meeting up with the brilliant Uganda marathon team along with the amazing Dr James who founded both the Jomain Midland Academy Nursery and Primary School along with the Eunice Medical Centre on Kalangala Island.

“A huge thank you, as always, to everyone who has supported me so far.”

Steve has so far raised more than £100,000 through his extreme challenges and marathons for the trust.

Over the last few years, the adventurer has completed a string of ultra-marathons including the Mount Everest Marathon, North Pole Marathon, Petra Desert Marathon, Amazon Jungle Ultra Marathon, and the Artic Ice Ultra Marathon.

Just last month he completed the Scottish Ultra X Marathon which saw him race 125kms across the Knoydart Peninsula in Scotland’s West Highlands over the course of three days and raise more than £5,000 for the trust.

To sponsor Steve and donate visit his Just Giving page at justgiving.com/fundraising/steve-hill-7 here.