Ryan Thomas was inspired by the heartbreaking rate of suicide in the UK to walk 10 marathons in 10 days. The former Coronation Street star, 36, says he's set himself the gruelling challenge after realising that many people's mental health has been suffering during the coronavirus lockdown.
Ryan, who shares daughter Scarlett, 12, with ex Tina O'Brien, and baby son Roman with fiancée Lucy Mecklenburgh, will be walking from London to Manchester to raise money for charity CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably.
He said: "So the reason I've set myself this challenge, I want to give myself a purpose, I want to use my platform for other people to benefit from. "This last year, more than ever, I've noticed people's mental health is
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