Adrian's tremendous Tommy 10k Challenge turns into 200k

Can you imagine trying to run 200 kilometres? Well one Sidmouth runner doesn't have to.

Adrian Horne has raised more than £1,015 - so far covering 226.6k, the equivalent of running from Sidmouth to Weston-Super-Mare... and back... and a few kilometres more.

Adrian, who is one of Sidmouth Running Club's Mighty Greens, is donating the money to the Royal British Legion.

It all began back in October, when Adrian saw a Facebook post advertising a fundraising challenge by the Royal British Legion called The Tommy 10k.

The challenge was to either run a 10k, run 4x 10k or 10x 10k between October 14 and November 14 - although the end date has now been extended until the November 30 because of its popularity.

Sticking to the original dates this Mighty Green chose to try and complete the 10x 10k adding in an extra challenge by running them on consecutive days, starting on November 2 so he would complete them on Armistice Day.

Over the month, with some massive support from his partner, Annie, family, friends and Sidmouth Running Club members, he managed to complete the challenge and midway through, not feeling too bad, he decided to see if he could run 200k in the month.

A donation page linked directly to RBLI was set up with a target of £100 which was quickly surpassed.

Adrian said: "Having never run on more than two consecutive days I knew this was going to be a real challenge for myself."

He added that he felt very humbled by people's generosity in such difficult times and would like to thank everyone from the bottom of his heart who shared his Facebook page or donated to this worthy cause.

CLICK HERE to donate to Adrain's cause.