Rhys Griffiths' fundraiser for Max Vardy

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00:00It's midnight in Thursley, the challenge begins.

00:02This challenge, inspired by David Goggins,

00:04requires participants to cross 4 miles every 4 hours for 48 hours on foot.

00:09This is all to raise awareness for brain tumour research and to support my friend Max.

00:13We're on the third run, feeling very tired as I haven't had a proper sleep.

00:30Seeing everything that Max has been through this year has been extremely difficult,

00:38but it's also been truly inspirational and I wanted to do the challenge by myself.

00:45As a sort of insane way of showing my respect for everything you've been through

00:48and how well you've pushed through everything.

00:50I'm absolutely shattered, but we've still got 24 miles to go.

01:01The 4am walk was really, really rough.

01:04I could barely walk in a straight line.

01:06It's 8am on Sunday morning, we've got 16 miles to go.

01:10Every single part of my body is telling me to stop doing this challenge.

01:16But I know there's nothing compared to what Max is going through so

01:18we're absolutely going to go get it.

01:24Every part of my body is saying to stop walking.

01:35One thing I wasn't anticipating was

01:39as my body is starting to hurt, I'm slowing down with each run that I do.

01:44I've got less break time in between each run,

01:46which is making each run so much harder.

01:48So I haven't quite figured out the straight for that, but it is what it is.

01:53I'm nearly there, so.

01:55Eight miles left.

01:57Eight miles isn't far, but I'm walking on legs which have already done 40, so I'm feeling it.

02:07It's the final push.

02:09We've got four miles left and it couldn't have come soon enough.

02:1148 miles in 48 hours.

02:20Challenge completed.

02:23You have no idea how good it feels

02:25to know that I'd have to wake up in two hours time to do another run.

02:29Thanks to all of those who supported and donated,

02:32Max has raised an impressive £30,000 towards brain tumour research,

02:35but he's trying to get to his next goal of £50,000.

02:38So let's help him get there.