Leeds Rhinos great ran back to his old Headingley ground from Leicester; Sinfield was raising money to build a new care home in the name of former team-mate and great friend Rob Burrow, who has motor neurone disease
Last Updated: 23/11/21 9:55am
Former Leeds captain Kevin Sinfield raised over GBP600,000 for charity after completing a 101-mile run in 24 hours.
Around 1,000 supporters were at his old ground Headingley to witness the completion of the run, which began in Leicester, where he now works as defence coach with the Tigers.
Sinfield has raised over GBP600,000 for the MND Association and the Leeds Hospitals Charity, having initially set a target of GBP100,000.
The funds will go towards a new care home in the name of Sinfield’s former Leeds team-mate and great friend Rob Burrow, who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in December 2019.
Burrow was at Headingley for the emotional return of Sinfield, who was clearly in discomfort after his gruelling run, the equivalent of almost four marathons completed without sleep.
His journey from Leicester to Leeds was split into 7km sections and each had to be completed inside 60 minutes.
Sinfield told the BBC: “It’s been a real team effort from all the crew and I wouldn’t have got it done without them.
“I’m broken – I don’t know when I’ll be able to run again!
“Rob knows how much we love and care about him.”
He was accompanied for the last leg by Burrow’s wife Lindsey and oldest daughter Macy, and says he was driven on by the presence of his old team-mate.
“It was really tough at times, especially the end, but it’s down to my little mate here,” he said.
The England international was also accompanied during the run by former team-mates Jamie Peacock, Jamie Jones-Buchanan, Gareth Ellis and Barrie McDermott, along with former Labour party communications chief Alastair Campbell and Leeds triathletes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee.
In December 2020, Sinfield helped raise over GBP2.7million by running seven marathons in seven days