STICKY PLEASE
Mike’s son, Chris Heath, will be starting his “5 Marathons in 5 Days” (130 miles) run across Florida on 11th April 2009, in memory of his father who died on 17 November 2007.
Chris will be accompanied on the run by two fellow RAF officers, Ben Whittaker and Brad Goggin and the support crew, Margaret (Mum) and Pippa (Sister), will be there to cheer them on.
All money raised in the UK through
Justgiving - Chris Heath's Fundraising Page will go to Macmillan Cancer Support and all the money raised in the USA will go to the two hospitals in Tampa where Mike received excellent treatment and care during the four years he was based there with Centcom.
Please visit the website:
http://www.coast2coastfloridarun.com for updates on progress and to sponsor this worthy cause.
To all those people who have already sponsored Chris, many thanks. The website will be updated during the course of the run by Pippa and daily bulletins will be posted.
Wish them luck - 130 miles is a long way!
Many PPRuNers will be aware of the long and distinguished career of Mike Heath who grew up as a navigator on the Buccaneer, took his Tornado squadron to Tallil in 1991 (where an unfortunate and early crash landing ended his war) and developed into one of the RAF's best warfighters throughout the subsequent almost 20 years.
Mike had suffered for many years with cancer which the medics seemed able to treat and remove as each occurrence threatened his life. It was ironic, therefore, that he died of a massive heart attack at the age of 57 just as he was packing the final boxes to retire from the RAF from his last post in Tampa.
His son, a serving pilot, has taken up this immense challenge to run 5 marathons in 5 days across Florida in April. Please, if you are able, give Chris and his team all the encouragement that you can muster and, if you can spare it, the odd bob or two to help them support these great charities.
Foldie
Amended website address 24 March 2009