WATCH: Kevin Sinfield finishes his Extra Mile challenge, best mate Rob Burrow sees him over the line at Headingly
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Kevin Sinfield completed a gruelling 101-mile running challenge in just 24 hours for charity. Sinfield took up the Extra Mile challenge to raise money to fund research into the causes and potential cures for motor neurone disease. The former Leeds Rhinos skipper covered 101 miles, the equivalent of just under four marathons, in 24 hours without sleep.
Sinfield took off from Leicester Tigers’ Welford Road stadium on Monday morning, aiming to seven kilometres every hour and reaching his final destination before 8 am the following day. He was joined at various points throughout his Extra Mile challenge by the likes of Alastair Campbell and the Brownlee brothers, Alistair and Jonny, as guest runners.
Rob Burrow welcomes home Kevin Sinfield as he raises £1m
Kevin Sinfield’s former teammate and best mate Rob Burrow, who suffers from motor neurone disease awaited his skipper on the finish line. Burrow’s wife Lindsey and daughter Macy joined Sinfield in the final mile as the exhausted Rugby star made his way to the Headingly pitch.
“I’m broken – I don’t know when I’ll be able to run again,” Sinfield told the BBC. “Rob knows how much we love and care about him. For those really dark moments, you have to think about Rob. It’s been a real team effort from all the crew and I wouldn’t have got it done without them. It was certainly a battle. We wanted a battle, and we got one.”
Kevin Sinfield initially wanted to raise £100,000 but the total reached £1.1m by Tuesday lunchtime showing how much the legendary Rugby duo has captured the public’s affection. The total split equally between the MND Association and Leeds Hospitals Charity, where a new care home will be built in Burrow’s name.
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