Sports commentator and former professional footballer, Danny Mills, will be taking on his toughest challenge to date - the IRONMAN - in aid of charity.
Danny will be taking part in the exclusive endurance event, which covers 70.3 miles, on 14th June, to raise funds for the Gordon Ramsay Foundation charities and Shine, the charity for which he has been patron for over a decade.
The former England, Leeds and Manchester City footballer has completed tough challenges for Shine before. In 2010, Danny raced the Brighton Marathon in a wheelchair, and in 2012 cycled from Leeds to London and then completed an Olympic Triathlon the following day. He also came runner up in Celebrity Masterchef that year. However, Danny feels that IRONMAN, which involves a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and 13.1 mile run, will be his greatest challenge to date.
‘The sheer distance involved in an IRONMAN requires physical and mental resilience that only great causes can sustain you through - and I'm hoping to get there in less than six hours!’
Danny will be racing in memory of Archie, the son he and his wife lost to spina bifida and hydrocephalus in 2002. Appreciating the support given during that tough time by the charity Shine, which supports people with these complex and life-threatening conditions, Danny has given tireless support and fundraising ever since.
‘It’s hard to explain how essential the work of Shine is. What we went through in losing Archie was terrible, and the advice and support from Shine enabled us to cope at a time when all seemed lost. Shine were there when we needed them, and I've done all I can ever since to ensure that the support they provide can continue.’
Funds raised will go to the Gordon Ramsay Foundation charities: Cancer Research UK, Scottish Spina BIfida Association, Louis Dundas Centre for Children's Palliative Care, Action Against Hunger and Meningitis Now, as well as Danny’s chosen charity, Shine.
For more information and to support Danny: http://bit.ly/1EG34TG
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