Animal lovers and their pets will be taking to their feet tomorrow for the big 2.6 Challenge – the fundraiser filling the void left by the London Marathon.
The RSPCA would normally expect to net £25,000 from runners taking part in the annual 26-mile race. But when it was postponed due to coronavirus, officials from a string of charities came up with the idea of using April 26 for any safe event involving the digits 2 and 6.
Step forward Richard Purchase, from Dorset, who will run the equivalent of a marathon on a treadmill in his garage. Richard, 56, says: “I’m reasonably fit but I’ve never run a marathon before so we will see how this goes! “I’ve always been an animal lover but this struck a chord with me after seeing posts on Facebook
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