Jane Allen

As someone with over 30 years' service in the Royal Naval Reserve, Jane Allen has spent her entire adult life 'going that extra mile'. Her Reserve duties, which include 6 months' active service in Iraq, have all been fitted around the demands of a busy civilian career. Despite this, on return from mobilised service in Iraq Jane used her leave to self-finance a 1,200-mile solo walk from John O' Groats to Land's End, raising £12,000 for the Royal British Legion, for which she is also a caseworker. Furthermore, during 2012, at the age of 55, she plans to walk 5,000 miles around the entire coastline of mainland Britain. This will be a major (unpaid) personal campaign to promote and raise money for the Royal Navy's central charity before finally retiring from the Reserves. Jane's exemplary efforts on behalf of others make her a most worthy Olympic Torchbearer candidate.