Dad will run on empty during 'fast' marathon

IT'S 26.2 miles and requires epic amounts of energy, stamina and determination.

- NEAL KEELING

Raja Aslam however will running on empty when he does the Manchester Marathon today.

He will join the starting line up while fasting during Ramadan. But it has not deterred him from taking part in a bid to raise funds for a charity helping survivors of the earthquake in February which cost 57,000 lives in Turkey and Syria.

Raja, a father-of-four, from Blackburn, who was brought up in Long-sight, said: "This is the toughest challenge have ever done.