David Hockley will join 1,000 people going ape for the day dressed as gorillas in the London Great Gorilla Run on September 27.

The charity co-ordinating the run, The Gorilla Organisation, has asked that each person raise £400 to help protect endangered gorillas, but David is ambitiously planning to achieve ten times that and raise £4,000 for his race.

Running for seven miles in a heavy gorilla suit is hard enough for anyone, but David, or 'Dave the gorilla', admits sporting endeavour has never been his strength and therefore completing the run would also be a huge personal achievement.

"I've never been a particularly fit person so it's nice to do something which will be a change," said David, who is being sponsored by organic hair salon OOMOO in Storrington.

You can sponsor Dave the gorilla by going to www.oomoo.biz and clicking on the Great Gorilla Run link.

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