{"id":20048,"date":"2024-12-01T16:44:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T16:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=20048"},"modified":"2024-12-01T16:44:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T16:44:32","slug":"rugby-star-sinfield-begins-gruelling-230-mile-run-in-memory-of-best-mate-rob-burrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=20048","title":{"rendered":"Rugby star Sinfield begins 'gruelling' 230 mile run in memory of best mate Rob Burrow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kevin Sinfield started his week-long endeavour in Liverpool<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Rugby star Kevin Sinfield has started a fifth epic fundraiser in memory of his late teammate Rob Burrow, who died of motor neurone disease (MND) this year.<\/p>\n

The 44-year-old will be running more than 230 miles (370km) in seven days across the UK, having already raised about \u00a310m over four previous annual challenges.<\/p>\n

For this year\u2019s event, he started at Liverpool\u2019s annual Santa Dash, where more than 8,000 participants ran along the city\u2019s famous waterfront with him.<\/p>\n

Sinfield told BBC Breakfast<\/a>: \u201cI think it\u2019s important we\u2019re doing justice – I want to represent the Burrow family the best we can but also the MND family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThey keep surprising us with some of the things they tell us and, through that, we get energy and want to push on even more.\u201d<\/p>\n

The incurable condition affects the brain and nerves and is more common among people in their 60s and 70s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rob Burrow joined his wife, daughters and Sinfield at the 2024 Leeds Marathon named in his honour<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Sinfield and fellow runners are wearing the number 7, which was worn by Burrow at Leeds Rhinos<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The Prince of Wales, who awarded Burrow and Sinfield their CBEs<\/a> at their former Leeds Rhinos ground in January, posted a social media video where he described the new challenge as a \u201cfitting tribute\u201d. <\/p>\n

“What you and Rob have achieved has been incredible and it’s a very fitting tribute to his legacy, what you’re achieving again this week. <\/p>\n

“I’m sure you’ll be running with him in your mind the whole way round.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Burrow and Sinfield became close friends when they played for Leeds Rhinos<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Members of the MND community will join Sinfield to complete their own mile in the Running Home for Christmas challenge, which will pass by Wrexham, Gloucester, Belfast and Glasgow.<\/p>\n

Sinfield, who will also run to Hull, Northampton and Leicester, said: \u201cThe response has been great over the last few years and the cities are actually inviting us there now.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the final day, the Oldham-born star will run from Manchester United\u2019s stadium to his Saddleworth home in the Pennine Hills.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rob Burrow had a stellar 17-year playing career until retirement in 2017 and was diagnosed with MND two years later<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Following 12 weeks of training, Sinfield said it did not “get any easier as you can imagine, as you get a bit older\u201d.<\/p>\n

He will be raising funds for six MND charities, including the Darby Rimmer Foundation, set up by former Liverpool defender Stephen Darby who was diagnosed with the disease in 2018.<\/p>\n

Burrow, who was married with three children, retired from playing in 2017 after winning eight Super League Grand Finals and 15 England and five Great Britain caps.<\/p>\n

He was diagnosed with MND in 2019, when he told his wife Lindsey<\/a>: “Thank God it’s me and not the kids.”<\/p>\n

Burrow died at the age of 41<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n

In October<\/a>, Sinfield agreed to remain as assistant coach for the England rugby union squad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Sinfield’s 230-mile route<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Liverpool to Wrexham – 1 December<\/p>\n

Gloucester to Bristol – 2 December<\/p>\n

Belfast – 3 December<\/p>\n

Glasgow – 4 December<\/p>\n

Beverley to Hull – 5 December<\/p>\n

Northampton to Leicester – 6 December<\/p>\n

Old Trafford to Saddleworth – 7 December<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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