Rugby star begins 'gruelling' 230 mile run in memory of Rob Burrow

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PA Media Kevin Sinfield moving with 3 enactment runners with a sunlit Liver Building successful the background

Rugby prima Kevin Sinfield has started a 5th epic fundraiser successful representation of his precocious teammate Rob Burrow, who died of centrifugal neurone illness (MND) this year.

The 44-year-old volition beryllium moving much than 230 miles (370km) successful 7 days crossed the UK, having already raised astir £10m implicit 4 erstwhile yearly challenges.

For this year’s event, helium started astatine Liverpool’s yearly Santa Dash, wherever much than 8,000 participants ran on the city’s celebrated waterfront with him.

Sinfield told BBC Breakfast: “I deliberation it’s important we’re doing justness - I privation to correspond the Burrow household the champion we tin but besides the MND family.

“They support astonishing america with immoderate of the things they archer america and, done that, we get vigor and privation to propulsion connected adjacent more.”

The incurable information affects the encephalon and nerves and is much communal among radical successful their 60s and 70s.

PA Media Group representation of Rob Burrow, his woman Lindsey, daughters Macy and Maya and Kevin Sinfield connected a reddish carpet decorativeness enactment aft the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon.

The Prince of Wales, who awarded Burrow and Sinfield their CBEs astatine their erstwhile Leeds Rhinos crushed successful January, posted a societal media video wherever helium described the caller situation arsenic a “fitting tribute”.

"What you and Rob person achieved has been unthinkable and it's a precise fitting tribute to his legacy, what you're achieving again this week.

"I'm definite you'll beryllium moving with him successful your caput the full mode round."

PA Media Sinfield carrying Burrow successful an clasp arsenic helium crosses the decorativeness enactment aft a marathon

Members of the MND assemblage volition articulation Sinfield to implicit their ain mile successful the Running Home for Christmas challenge, which volition walk by Wrexham, Gloucester, Belfast and Glasgow.

Sinfield, who volition besides tally to Hull, Northampton and Leicester, said: “The effect has been large implicit the past fewer years and the cities are really inviting america determination now.”

On the last day, the Oldham-born prima volition tally from Manchester United’s stadium to his Saddleworth location successful the Pennine Hills.

PA Media Rob Burrow successful his bluish and yellowish Leeds Rhinos kit arsenic helium prepares to footwear a shot connected a greenish pitch

Following 12 weeks of training, Sinfield said it did not "get immoderate easier arsenic you tin imagine, arsenic you get a spot older”.

He volition beryllium raising funds for six MND charities, including the Darby Rimmer Foundation, acceptable up by erstwhile Liverpool defender Stephen Darby who was diagnosed with the illness successful 2018.

Burrow, who was joined with 3 children, retired from playing successful 2017 aft winning 8 Super League Grand Finals and 15 England and 5 Great Britain caps.

He was diagnosed with MND successful 2019, erstwhile he told his woman Lindsey: "Thank God it's maine and not the kids."

Burrow died astatine the property of 41 successful June.

In October, Sinfield agreed to stay arsenic adjunct manager for the England rugby national squad.