As his feet pounded the pavement, Kevin Sinfield felt jolts of pain shoot through his body. But giving up on his incredible challenge of doing seven ultra-marathons in seven days wasn’t an option.
The rugby league legend was not just running for his best friend of 15 years, Rob Burrow, but for the thousands of other people in the UK living with motor neurone disease. Kevin, 42, was inspired to take on the tough endeavour after his former Leeds Rhinos team-mate Rob was diagnosed with the neurological condition in late 2019.
“Right at the start it was all about Rob,” says Kevin. “He was the guy I wanted to help more than anybody. And then you realise pretty quickly that this is everywhere. There are 5,000 people across the UK with motor neurone disease.”
