Running home for Christmas : 7 in 7 in 7 challenge

[Phantom]

Kevin Sinfield CBE will be back on the streets this December as he leads his fundraising team for their fifth annual challenge in support of the motor neurone disease (MND) community with the theme of ‘running home for Christmas’.

The week long challenge will start on 1st December with Sinfield and the team covering over 50km per day, visiting seven regions across Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Each day will be broken down into 7km blocks, the number 7 as always central to Sinfield’s challenge in recognition of his friend and former team mate Rob Burrow, who wore during his glittering career alongside Sinfield at Leeds Rhinos. The team will aim to complete each 7km within one hour before the next block must start on the hour meaning the only rest the team will get between each leg is the time spare after they have completed the block. 

The challenge will once again see the return of the Extra Mile events from last year’s 7 in 7 in 7 Challenge when members of the MND community joined Sinfield and the team to complete their own mile.

The 2024 Challenge will start on 1st December with a run from Liverpool to Wrexham, taking the fundraising effort back to Wales after last year’s run in Cardiff. The second day is the longest of the challenge, covering over 60km as the team travel to Gloucester to Bristol, inspired by friends of the team in former rugby player Ed Slater, who played for Gloucester, and footballer Marcus Stewart, who started his career at Bristol Rovers. 

On the 3rd December, the team head across the Irish Sea once again, this time to Belfast after last year’s memorable run in Dublin. Day 4 will see the team arrive back in Scotland but having already achieved special memories in Edinburgh and the Borders, this time the challenge will loop around Glasgow starting at Ibrox and finishing at Scotstoun. 

The challenge returns to England on 5th December with Sinfield and the team assured of a warm reception in the Rugby League mad city of Hull.

The penultimate day will start at the Head Office of the MND Association in Northampton with Sinfield leading the team to Leicester, where the 2021 Extra Mile Challenge started.

Finally, the team will return home on 7th December. Starting outside Old Trafford, where Sinfield and Burrow shared so many memories on the field with the Rhinos, the team will head to Saddleworth to conclude the challenge, back to where the first ever challenge finished back in 2020.

Gloucester to Bristol – Monday 2nd December 2024

The second day of the 2024 7 in 7 in 7 Challenge will be a special one as we start at Kingshold Stadium in Gloucester with good friend Ed Slater joining the team to wave them off on the longest day of the challenge.

The route heads south along Bristol Road out of Gloucester before joining the A38 just outside of Hardwicke.

The Extra Mile event will take place at before Kev heads into Bristol via the Memorial Ground where Marcus Stewart will meet the team at the home of where he made his professional debut. The team are also hoping to link up with Syd Lawrence on their way in to Bristol. The days run will finish at Ashton Gate, the home of Bristol Bears and Bristol City. 

MND Hero

Ed Slater was diagnosed with MND in July 2022. Slater made more than 200 appearances in the Gallagher Premiership across stints with Leicester and Gloucester and lifted the trophy in 2012-13 with the Tigers.

He was renowned for his crunching tackles, excellent breakdown play, and for having a wicked turn of pace for a 6ft 5in, 18-stone forward.

Find out more about Ed’s charity 4Ed here https://4-ed.co.uk/

Marcus Stewart was diagnosed in September 2022 has been a great supporter of the 7 in 7 Challenge in recent years. The former Bristol Rovers, Bristol City, Ipswich Town and Sunderland striker is head of player development at Yeovil Town.

David ‘Syd’ Lawrence was diagnosed earlier this year. The former Gloucestershire and England cricketer earned five Test caps for his country. Gloucester born and bred, Syd, as he is affectionately known, played in 280 matches for his home county between 1981 and 1997 and took 625 wickets during his career at Nevil Road. Syd is Club President of his former county. 

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[Phantom]

You can donate to this fantastic fundraiser HERE

[redkev]

Kevin sinfield is an absolute legend 

[myol'man]

The amazing Kevin Sinfield brings his latest fundraising challenge to Ashton Gate next Monday in aid of MND.

He running from Kingsholm, Gloucester to Ashton Gate, via the Memorial Ground, where he will stop to meet Marcus Stewart. 

He's due here at about 3.40pm 

Text KEVIN10 to 70143 to donate £10

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On 19/11/2024 at 20:31, redkev said:

Kevin sinfield is an absolute legend 

What a great human being he is. It will be a travesty if he is not knighted in the new year honours.