{"id":6161,"date":"2020-04-05T07:45:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T06:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6161"},"modified":"2020-04-05T07:45:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T06:45:31","slug":"840-circuits-of-the-garden-for-dch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6161","title":{"rendered":"840 circuits of the garden \u2013 for DCH!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Martin and Kirsty Smithleigh were intending to run the Manchester Marathon on 5th April but of course it has been cancelled because of the coronavirus crisis. It would be a great shame to let all their hard work training for the event go to waste so they are still going to run a marathon \u2013 in their garden!<\/p>\n<p>Kirsty, a teacher at the Thomas Hardye School, says &#8220;We will be running 840 ish laps of the garden tomorrow morning to raise money for Dorchester nurse and paramedic services<!--more--> through these difficult times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One lap of Martin and Kirsty&#8217;s garden is approx 50 metres, therefore 840 laps will be around 42km!<\/p>\n<p>They would welcome donations to their fund which you can do via Virgin Money Giving by following the link below<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.virginmoneygiving.com\/fundraiser-display\/showROFundraiserPage?pageId=1156257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/uk.virginmoneygiving.com\/fundraiser-display\/showROFundraiserPage?pageId=1156257<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The photo shows the 50m route \u2013 just 840 laps to go! We wish Martin and Kirsty all the best for their marathon fund-raising efforts.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15154\" src=\"https:\/\/keep106.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Martin-Kirstys-Garden-Marathon.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/keep106.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Martin-Kirstys-Garden-Marathon.jpg 683w, https:\/\/keep106.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Martin-Kirstys-Garden-Marathon-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/keep106.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Martin-Kirstys-Garden-Marathon-150x101.jpg 150w\" alt=\"Martin &amp; Kirsty's Garden Marathon\" width=\"683\" height=\"461\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin and Kirsty Smithleigh were intending to run the Manchester Marathon on 5th April but of course it has been cancelled because of the coronavirus crisis. 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