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 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 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... i 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. morning! just amazing. we are just so proud of him. itjust means so much, notjust 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 off on that extra mile! i 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... he's made it really difficult!" it was an honour just 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 to you 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 the mnda 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. you're not imagining it — it is exceptionally mild at the moment, and we will continue to remain in very mild air for the first few days of the new year. notjust the uk, though, but many of our european neighbours have seen record temperatures for new year's eve. certainly records fell in parts of poland, austria, germany and the netherlands. and for new year's day, once again we could see records being rivalled or toppled — for the day, that is. this cold front will push across the uk through new year's day. quite a skinny little weather front. not much temperature contrast across it, and because it is such a narrow band of rain, actually, it won't stick around in many areas for very long, perhaps an hour or so of rain working its way from west to east across england and wales. these showers for western scotland and northern ireland perhaps more persistent affairs. but look at the temperatures again — quite a lot of sunshine

through the day and widely highs in the mid teens. squally showers for the south—east of england through saturday evening, into the small hours of sunday, some heavier showers, sweeping in from the west of wales and the midlands. a very mild night again. these are the temperatures — more typical of daytime for this time of year, even perhaps slightly above. sunday saw wetter weather again on the cards for england and wales and some blustery winds. we could see some intense showers working their way through. i think the driest and brightest weather for sunday will be for scotland and northern ireland. and then on monday, we fall into a bit of a pincer movement in terms of our weather across the uk. we will see this weather front to the south trying to push some rain in and this area of low pressure to the north trying to turn things increasingly unsettled. between the two, some breezy conditions. but i think the best of any sunny spells for perhaps the midlands, the north of england. but to the very south and the very north of the uk there could be some heavier, more persistent rain.

a little cooler as well on monday, but temperatures still slightly above average for the time of year. however, for tuesday it looks like we are going to flip around and pick up a northerly wind, and that will bring about a very dramatic change in the way things feel because we'll also have to add on the effect of the wind—chill. but temperatures in edinburgh just four degrees on tuesday, down to eight in london, so some big contrasts in our weather to come over the next few days ahead.

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