Charlie Bird accomplished the ultimate 8km stage of an extremely marathon to lift money for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association — with a number of rugby legends serving to push him in his wheelchair.
English rugby coach Kevin Sinfield was operating the 7 in 7 in 7, the place he runs seven extremely marathons in seven completely different areas throughout seven days.
Kevin ran the extremely marathon in Dublin on Tuesday in help of Motor Neurone Disease charities together with the Irish MND Association, with Charlie — who was recognized with the illness in October 21 — pushed in a wheelchair for the ultimate 8km by rugby legends Gordon D’Arcy, Ian Madigan and Keith Earles.
Yesterday was a tremendous day for elevating consciousness for Motor Neurone.The unbelievable English Rugby Star, Kevin Sinfield,fifth extremely marathon in a row. I used to be pushed for the final 8K by three of our rugby greats.Gordon D’Arcy, Keith Earls, Ian Madigan. The hand of friendship Wow. pic.twitter.com/FaAYPLNs8n
— Charlie Bird (@charliebird49) December 6, 2023
Taking to Twitter (X) following the run, Charlie wrote that it was an ‘amazing day’ for elevating consciousness for the illness, tweeting ‘Yesterday was a tremendous day for elevating consciousness for Motor Neurone. The unbelievable English rugby star Kevin Sinfield, fifth extremely marathon in a row.
‘I was pushed for the last 8K by three of our rugby greats.Gordon D’Arcy, Keith Earls, Ian Madigan. The hand of friendship Wow.’
The extremely marathon ended within the Aviva Stadium, with Tommy Bowe additionally becoming a member of them — sharing selfies from the home stretch , the place he stated that maybe a remedy might be discovered with the attention being raised from individuals like Kevin and Charlie.
‘MND – A horrible disease but with people like Kevin Sinfield and Charlie Bird around, soon they might find a cure!’ Tommy wrote. He additionally thanked individuals for popping out to help the trigger.
Speaking forward of his seven extremely marathons, Kevin, who was additionally joined by the household of late Antrim GAA star Anto Flanagan who additionally handed away from the illness in 2021, stated ‘I am very glad to listen to Charlie can be becoming a member of me in Dublin for the Extra Mile by way of to the tip of the race.
‘It means a lot to get his support and I was so inspired by everything he has done for the MND community in Ireland with the Climb with Charlie campaign.’
‘Physically this can be my hardest problem as I’ve not been in a position to do the quantity of coaching that I’ve achieved beforehand due to my commitments for the World Cup and we now have set an bold time goal to finish every extremely so individuals know that we are going to be pushing ourselves to the restrict.
‘I am looking forward to it and seeing all the support out on the streets once again.’
Kevin started the 7 in 7 in 7 in Leeds on December 1, earlier than operating in York, Cardiff, Birmingham and Edinburgh. He then ran in Dublin and Brighton, earlier than his ultimate extremely marathon on Thursday (December 7) in London.
