It's the morning after the night before and Kevin Sinfield feels guilty because he hasn't gone in to work. Super League legend Sinfield is director of rugby at Leeds Rhinos, the club he led to unprecedented success during a long and glittering career.
He has responsibilities off the pitch now, which include leading the Rhinos through much more difficult and troubling times due to the coronavirus crisis that is threatening the future of his own sport and many others.
It speaks volumes for the man that he feels bad about not being sat at his desk at Headingley. But Sinfield, 39, can be forgiven.
He has a heartwarming excuse. Less than 24 hours earlier, Sinfield had taken it upon himself to run a solo marathon around the hills of Saddleworth
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