{"id":1261,"date":"2011-12-05T09:58:52","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T09:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1261"},"modified":"2011-12-05T09:58:52","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T09:58:52","slug":"ta-member-to-run-spanish-marathon-to-raise-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ta-member-to-run-spanish-marathon-to-raise-money\/","title":{"rendered":"TA member to run Spanish marathon to raise money"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Territorial Army (TA) member is to run a marathon in Mallorca to raise money for Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n
Darren Roland – who recently joined the Redditch branch of the TA – told the Redditch Advertiser he is keen to give something back to support the "fantastic troops" currently stationed around the world.<\/p>\n
He will be flying out to the Spanish island on December 11th to take part in the gruelling race, which will see him cover over 26 miles in the heat.<\/p>\n
Mr Roland remarked "you can see first hand what this charity involves" and because of this, he felt compelled to do something for it.<\/p>\n
He has only recently joined the TA – which is made up of servicemen and women who train in their spare time and at the weekends to support full-time military personnel.<\/p>\n
Johannes Shanmugan – a Sri Lankan refugee living in the UK – recently walked 120 miles to collect cash for Help for Heroes, the Coventry Observer reported.<\/p>\n
Posted by Simon Williams
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All of the money raised by Darren Roland will go to Help for Heroes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n