Coldstream Guardsmen kicked off their six-month tenure at the helm of Operation Tosca with a lung-busting ultramarathon in the Troodos Mountains.
Gdsm Cooper Buck, lance corporals Adam Simpson and James Brett, LSgt Alex Coysh, and Lt William Vaughan – all from Number 3 Company – completed the 44-mile course in under 12 hours.
Their feat was made all the more impressive by the fact they had just three weeks to train.
The team and their colleagues recently arrived in country to take over UN peacekeeping duties from 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
