West Lothian dad will run round local park 600 times to raise money for Ukraine

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A West Lothian dad says he was moved to raise money to help people in Ukraine after seeing heartbreaking pictures of children sleeping on concrete floors in basements.Grzegorz Korsak, who is originally from Poland, said he couldn’t imagine his own little boy having to go through what youngsters in Ukraine are suffering so wanted to raise money to help.And he set himself the gruelling challenge of running around Westcraigs Park an astounding 600 times.The fundraiser kicks off just after midnight on Friday into Saturday and will see him cover 127 miles in 29 hours.He will be joined by two fellow runners, Ryan Small and Peter Murray, but the majority of the challenge will undertaken by Grzegorz himself.Grzegorz, who stays in Blackridge with wife Regina and son Kuba (10), said he desperate to help as the war in Ukraine is “too close to home”.He told the Courier: “There are kids sleeping in basements on concrete floors.

I just felt I had to do something.“I come from Poland so it’s not too far from Ukraine, so it’s far too to close to home. “I also know a wee bit about how these people are feeling when they land in a different country with nothing. “In 2006 I came here and had nothing and spoke no English, so it’s really important that there is someone who can help these people in that moment.“It’s a terrible situation.

When I see the kids sleeping on concrete floors and then I see my kid in a comfy bed. I felt it’s just not right.”Fitness fanatic and amateur boxer Grzegorz is no stranger to pushing himself to raise money for charity.

Over the last few years he has run marathons and an ultra marathon, the West Highland Way and new race The Highlands 180 – a 180-mile stretch that starts in Aviemore and goes to Fort William by