{"id":2169,"date":"2013-05-02T13:48:37","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T13:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?2169"},"modified":"2013-05-02T13:48:37","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T13:48:37","slug":"charity-runner-to-jog-from-london-to-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/charity-runner-to-jog-from-london-to-brighton\/","title":{"rendered":"Charity runner to jog from London to Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man will take on a 62-mile run in order to raise money for charity, as he tackles the famous London to Brighton route.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Lamb, 44, has already run 16 marathons since Christmas, but now he believes he is ready for a challenge more than double the distance, reports the Eastern Daily Press.<\/p>\n<p>He will jog from Richmond Park in the capital to Brighton Racecourse in just one day, with the run expected to take him about 13 hours.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It's not daunting. I'm really excited about the event. 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My friends and family think I'm crazy,&quot; Mr Lamb explained.<\/p>\n<p>The keen runner is aiming to raise &pound;1,000 for Help for Heroes as a result of his 62-mile run, which comes two years after he raised &pound;1,500 for the charity by completing the Barcelona Marathon.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801580558-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801580558\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man is aiming to run from London to Brighton for Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4523,"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":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Charity runner 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