{"id":21756,"date":"2026-04-25T09:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/21756\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T09:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:18:15","slug":"britains-former-strongest-disabled-man-to-hand-cycle-from-leicester-to-buckingham-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/21756\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain’s former strongest disabled man to hand-cycle from Leicester to Buckingham Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pete Linnett is travelling down to see his son run the London Marathon\"Pete<\/p>\n

Pete with his son Harry are raising money for Spinal Research(Image: Spinal Research)<\/p>\n

Britain’s former strongest disabled man is planning to hand-cycle from Leicester to Buckingham Palace to see his son run the London Marathon.<\/p>\n

Pete Linnett, 62, is no stranger to putting his body on the line to help fund new treatments for people living with spinal cord injuries, after being born with spina bifida<\/a> himself.<\/p>\n

The 62-year-old is hand cycling the 106 miles from Leicester<\/a> to Buckingham Palace on Thursday, April 24, and Friday, April 25, to support his son Harry, who is running the London Marathon<\/a> on the weekend.<\/p>\n

They are both raising money for Spinal Research, a UK charity funding life-changing new treatments and therapies for those paralysed after a spinal cord injury.<\/p>\n

Pete, from Glen Parva<\/a>, said: “Although I still go to the gym four times a week that is mainly about strength, but this will be much more about endurance.<\/p>\n

“It will be tough, but I really wanted to support Harry and to raise money for Spinal Research, a charity that means so much to the whole family.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m one of the lucky few who can still walk, which is why I support those who cannot.”<\/p>\n

Pete is a former holder of Britain\u2019s Strongest Disabled Man title and has travelled the world competing in disability sport<\/a>, most recently coming fifth in his category at the World Strength Games in Texas.<\/p>\n

He is an inspiration to his son Harry, an event coordinator in London, who will line up on Sunday, April 26, for his first marathon.<\/p>\n

Harry, 26, said: “My Grandparents were told my dad would never walk, father children or live a normal life, but he\u2019s achieved what he could only have dreamed of as a child in the world of sport, and in life itself.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve not once heard my dad complain, and I\u2019m amazed every day by his positive mindset and how nothing stops him from achieving what he sets out to do.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s going to be emotional knowing that at mile 26.2, my dad will be able to watch one of his sons, that he was told he would never have, cross the finish line to support a charity that has done so much for him throughout his life.”<\/p>\n

Suzanne Redding, head of audience and community for Spinal Research, said: “Pete is a true legend and we\u2019re so grateful to him and Harry for taking on this family challenge for us.<\/p>\n

“Every pound raised takes us a step closer to our goal of curing paralysis.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pete Linnett is travelling down to see his son run the London Marathon Pete with his son Harry…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,3783,9955,126,1317,2757],"class_list":{"0":"post-21756","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-disability","10":"tag-disability-sports","11":"tag-in-the-news","12":"tag-london-marathon","13":"tag-real-life"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116464602488881005","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}