{"id":1505,"date":"2012-04-20T15:08:15","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T15:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1505"},"modified":"2012-04-20T15:08:15","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T15:08:15","slug":"boy-runs-marathon-on-his-birthday-for-military-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/boy-runs-marathon-on-his-birthday-for-military-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy runs marathon on his birthday for military charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wannabe Royal Marine spent his 17th birthday running a marathon in order to raise money for Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Harris covered the 26.2-mile distance on Wednesday (April 18th) by doing 105.5 laps of his school's 400m running track, the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph reports.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I wanted to raise money for Help for Heroes because I want to join the Marines and one day it could be me who needs help from the charity,&quot; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The lad has set 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