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Aakanksha Surve

Inspirational man takes on gruelling endurance challenges in aid of local wheelchair basketball club

A determined man is set to take on two huge endurance challenges to raise money for a good cause.

John Blake, 43, will be running the Ironman race and Dublin City Marathon to fundraise for the Ballybrack Bulls, a local wheelchair basketball club. John told Dublin Live: "The players are phenomenal athletes and they do it so effortlessly.

"It costs them €120 a week just to rent the hall for training. Their costs are probably €4,000 a year. I want to raise enough money to give them enough security for a year so they don't have to worry about being able to afford rent or new gear."

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