i know it's going to be really, really tough. but it's supposed to be. he's not going to sleep. and there are serious risks. 100 miles in one day without no sleep?! i you are crazy! people gravitate towards him because he's so decent, humble. it sounds like i've got a massive man crush. i probably do! i want it to be raining and sleeting and windy. i want everything to get thrown at us that can be, because there's people out there doing it really tough with the mnd and people connected with mmd who are fighting a tough fight at the minute, and we're just showing them that we care. probably a bit apprehensive. you want to get started, you want to get going. my wife's idea to run from here to leeds. yeah, my wife suggested, "why don't you run with both clubs? that'd mean a fair bit to you." and you do the maths and you work out the route. it all was inspired by rob, and he'll be in all

of our heads and hearts when we take on the run. we're going to do our best for him. you're going to leave from your current club, which is leicester... yep. ..and then you're going to run till you get to leeds? yes. yeah, i'm at leicester tigers now. you work out the distance between leicester and leeds, and you get to around that 100—mile mark and you go, "well, we'll combine the two." should have six to nine months of training. but the reality is, people who are diagnosed with mnd don't always get six to nine months and we've just got to go for it. here is a very special message for you from rob. well, mate, another crazy challenge is approaching. i i would say good luck, but i know you will absolutely smash it. - i often say, "i would do the same for you," but these challenges i are beyond my means. i know my family will behind you, and i think the whole country- is as well. on the behalf of me and i all the sufferers out there, thanks from the bottoms of our hearts. _

you are so highly thought of. i know you will smash some sort of record for 100 miles. - good luck, kev. ps, i deleted this by accident. and have to make this up again, so you better kill it! one of the first things kev spoke to us about when he arrived was when you play in successful teams and you play with your mates, you get a bond that lasts a lifetime. the bond has with his team—mates, the bond he has with the leeds community, and building that with leicester, i think that shows in what he does. i think that inspires him to run. the sort of bloke that you'd - want to go in the trenches with, because he'll do anything for you. everyone here at leicester tigers is proud of him. - running through the night, sleep—deprived, glyocogen—depleted,

fatigued — we've got to make sure that, actually, he doesn't injure or hurt himself. it's going to be tough and there are serious risks. kev will do it. he'll need the support of everybody, both his support team and everybody in the country to get behind him, but he will absolutely do it. we're not quite sure what the body is going to do and how it will react, but people with mnd don't have a choice. and we won't have a choice when we start on monday. morning! applause

how are you feeling? yeah, i'm good, thank you. ready to start, ready to get going. we're all freezing! cool as a cucumber, though, you, aren't you? no, no, no. it's a special day, and to have the support, to have both charities here represented and to have all our team ready to go is brilliant. applause five, four, three, two, one... go! the whole club are absolutely brilliant in helping. _ and kevinjust - epitomises all of that.

three, two, one, let's go! applause fish and chips? we haven't. that'll be for the end of it. rob's got the same strain of motor neurone as my sister had, who passed away last year, so it's just great to see people raising awareness of the disease and getting it in the public eye, yeah. he is one incredible individual. i've not come acrossl anybody so inspiring. tough one, that one.

rob's done it on purpose for us. but sun's still shining and we're still going, and, yeah, we're all right. we're all right. cheering and applause if you're not drinking beer, you've got to run with me, all right? cheering and applause horn honks music: the first noel cheering and applause

thank you so much for coming out and supporting us, all right? you make a huge difference, so thank you! he's running on fumes. he's very emotional, very tired. but we're just all so proud of him. we know how mentally strong kevin is. - i think he's really digging in and, look, you can see that with him, | but he's not quitting and he won't quit. . that's how he is. applause morning!

applause just amazing. we are just so proud of him. itjust means so much, not just for us, but for all the mnd community and, yeah, just means the world. i'm just really tired. it's been really, really tough, but we'll try and enjoy this, even though i feel like i'm walking on broken glass! and they are about to set out found that extra mile! - and they are about to - set off on that extra mile! they're heading your way, sally! one more mile to go! as he sets off on his final mile, you could see lindsey

and macy with him. having run 100 miles already, he's got one more mile still to go. can't really express... kevin is kevin. he's been a legend in the game. he's a legend outside of the game now. cheering don't make me cry. no, i'm not going to make you cry! you've done it, you've done it!

that's all that you need to know. i know. how important is it, for yourfriend rob, what you all have achieved today? yeah, he knows how much we love and care about him. to get a chance to show him again is wonderful. and ijust whispered in his ear that, ironically.. the backend were really, really tough, but i said the seventh one were horrendous. the seventh? we were coming out of nottingham, and i said, "he's done it on purpose! he's played a part in this... he's made it really difficult!" it was an honourjust to run it. it was amazing. i can't thank kev enough. it's so much. i didn't think he could do it, but he did. - rob's just got a few words that he wants to pass on now. go ahead, rob. thanks so much to all involved with this amazing event. the money raised will help people to get a great facility for a new care centre and to help find a cure. today is an amazing day for the whole community, and it will benefit every sufferer.

lastly, to my amazing friend kev, you don't realise the impact you have had on me and the whole mnd community. hello there. a few of us got to see a white christmas, but for many more, it was too mild for snow. we had a lot of mist and murk and we had some outbreaks of rain. this stripe of cloud on the satellite picture brought rain and some hill snow in the north during boxing day. there's more cloud and rain waiting in the wings down to the southwest, but the big story, i think, for this week will be this surge of very,

very mild air wafting up from the south, affecting all parts of the uk as we move towards the end of 2021. it will be turning increasingly mild this week, but with some wind and rain at times. now, many of us will start off monday with some cloud, some mist and fog, some quite murky conditions again. rain into the southwest of england, which will push northwards towards parts of wales, the midlands and east anglia through the day, tending to weaken as it goes. elsewhere, some of the mist and fog and cloud will tends to lift and break and we will see some spells of sunshine in the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland, albeit with some showers in the far north. temperatures ranging from 6 degrees in aberdeen to 12 in plymouth through the afternoon. and then through monday night, a bit more rain potentially down towards the south, another lump of wet weather starting to push into northern ireland, parts of northern england, southern scotland. the winds will start to pick up down towards the south and the west as well. very mild in the south, a little bit chilly up towards the north. and then as we go through tuesday,

this area of wet weather will spread out of northern ireland, into southern scotland, northern england, parts of wales, perhaps into the midlands as well. we will see some sunny spells to the far north and to the far south, but it will be really quite windy across parts of england and wales. some of these western coasts could see gusts of a0 to maybe 50 mph. quite mild in the south, 12 degrees. further north, a little bit cooler, but those temperatures still quite respectable for the time of year. however, there is even milder weather on the way. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, we see this next frontal system pushing in from the southwest, a band of rain that will drive its way north eastwards. some snow for a time over high ground in scotland, but this will mostly be rain, because that mild air will be working its way in. temperatures down towards the south on wednesday afternoon up to 16, maybe 17 degrees. still a little bit chilly for some northern areas, but as we move towards the end of the week and the end of the year, that mild weather spreads to all parts. there will still be some rain at times.

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