Kevin Sinfield to run seven ultra-marathons in seven days for MND charity

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Sinfield’s arrival could come amid a remarkable weekend for the sport, with the wheelchair final having taken place the previous night, and England’s women also hoping to feature in the earlier curtain-raiser. But Sinfield says the scale of his ‘Ultra 7 in 7 Challenge’ – in which he will set out from Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh and endure seven back-to-back runs inspired by his former teammate Rob Burrow, Doddie Weir, Stephen Darby and others living with MND – means he cannot afford to stray from the task in hand. “I would love to turn up at Old Trafford knowing the wheelchair team has won the night before, the women’s team have won the World Cup and England are playing at half-time in the men’s semi-final, but I have no control over that,” Sinfield told the PA news agency. Rugby has been a vehicle to give it a big platform, but it’s not just rugby league, it’s rugby union and football and it’s important that all three codes come together.” I would love to turn up at Old Trafford knowing the wheelchair team has won the night before, the women's team have won the World Cup and England are playing at half-time in the men's semi-final, but I have no control over that Kevin Sinfield Sinfield’s previous challenges in 2020 and 2021 have already raised over £5million for research into MND, and the initial target of his latest quest is to raise an additional £777,777, the main beneficiary of which will be the MND Association and Leeds Hospitals Charity’s appeal to build the Rob Burrow Centre for MND in Leeds.