{"id":1914,"date":"2012-12-18T16:30:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T16:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1914"},"modified":"2012-12-18T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T16:30:57","slug":"soldier-taking-on-charity-sit-up-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/soldier-taking-on-charity-sit-up-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldier taking on charity sit up challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A soldier from Teesside is set to take part in a fundraising event that will see him perform around 4,000 sit ups in two and a half hours.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Ian Flannery will attempt the challenge in memory of a fallen friend who died trying to rescue him, the Evening Gazette reports.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old plans to spend his New Year's Day lunch break at Camp Bastion doing sit ups to raise money for the Captain James Philippson Trust Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Philippson was killed in a Taliban ambush on his way to rescue 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