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Kevin Sinfield to run ultra marathons for MND
Rugby League star Kevin Sinfield has launched his most difficult challenge yet to raise money for motor neurone disease research. He’s already raised more than £5m, inspired by his friend and former teammate Rob Burrow who is living with the disease. For his latest challenge, he’ll run seven ultra marathons in seven days, starting on … Read more
‘Shock diabetes diagnosis won’t stop me running an ultra’
BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter Reece Parkinson started training for an ultra-marathon in 2020, but everything went wrong. So wrong that the film he made then was called How NOT to Run 55 Miles. A problem with his knee and restrictions on his training due to Covid meant it was always going to be an enormous … Read more