10 yrs on 529milechallenge

529milechallenge / Team529

Fundraising for SSAFA
£2,600
raised of £2,000 target
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In memory of Jonathan Kitalugoda
SSAFA

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RCN 210760
We provide vital practical and financial to support our Armed Forces community.

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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

 

We the rifle volunteers served in Afghanistan 2003. We had the pleasure to serve along side Kit. Kit was the kind of bloke you could not say a bad word about. A true gentleman in every sense of the word. 

"There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends"

Private Jonathan Kitulagoda, or (KIT) as he was know by us as, died on 28 January, 2004, aged 23. Kit was killed in an bomb attack while on peacekeeping duties in Afghanistan. 

While Kit was on a mobile patrol a suicide taxi packed with 200lbs of explosives drove into the convoy and detonated, killing Kit and injuring 4 other soldiers. Dave, Dave,  Paul and a medic attached to them. 

Kit was the first British soldier to die since the hostilities began. 

As kit died at 23 I will be running/cycling 23 miles for every year of kits life totaling 529 miles. I will be starting this on the 28th January 2014 to mark the 10th anniversary of his death and to raise funds for SSAFA the oldest military charity out there. It has been going for over 125 years. SSAFA stands for - Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, family association. 

Cycling modes will be no less than 30 miles per ride

To help me with my fundraising total great friends and work mates have joined forces to help raise the planned £2000. 

The Run List:

Brighton marathon 26.2 miles  - Army kit. Boots, combats and 30lb pack on back.- completed

50 mile challenge - 52.4 miles in under 15hrs. completed

MK marathon 26.2 miles. - completed

Bristol half marathon 13.1 miles.

Team529 - Great Birminghan run 13.1 miles - Army kit. Boots, combats and 30lb pack on back. 

Plymouth 10k

All runs will be logged in my updates using garmIn connect or run keeper.

I start on the 28th January 2014 and finish on the 28th January 2015 

Thanks for all your support.  

 

 

So please dig deep and donate now.

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SSAFA

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RCN 210760
Since 1885, thanks to the public's support, we continue to provide welfare and wellbeing assistance tailored to our Armed Forces community. We know and understand the unique demands of service life, whether in the UK or overseas, and in times of need, we help to enable the Forces family to thrive.

Donation summary

Total raised
£2,599.86
+ £356.50 Gift Aid
Online donations
£2,024.86
Offline donations
£575.00

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