{"id":1748,"date":"2012-09-20T16:30:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T16:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1748"},"modified":"2012-09-20T16:30:30","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T16:30:30","slug":"navy-engineer-completes-half-marathon-in-full-body-armour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/navy-engineer-completes-half-marathon-in-full-body-armour\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy engineer completes half-marathon in full body armour"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nine people who took part in the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday (September 16th) raised money for the Royal British Legion (RBL).<\/p>\n
Royal Navy aircraft engineer Brett Runham took on a greater challenge than most though, as he completed the 13-mile run in full body armour weighing 15kg.<\/p>\n
He is only back from a 15-week deployment in Afghanistan and managed to cross the finishing line in two hours, 24 minutes and 37 seconds.<\/p>\n
Mr Runham admitted the only reason he was able to get around the course so quickly was because of the fantastic support he received from the crowd.<\/p>\n
Speaking about his reasons for raising money for the RBL, he said: "Over the years my family have been involved with supporting the legion. But since I joined [the navy] I've found out more about the extent of the legion's work."<\/p>\n
RBL north east community fundraiser Rachel Jobson praised the dedication of Mr Runham in finishing the run.<\/p>\n
Posted by Simon Williams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Brett Runham raised money for the Royal British Legion by completing the Bupa Great North Run in full body armour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4944,"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