Gravesend man runs the length of England to fundraise for his late mother's hospice charity

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Amol Rand-hawa ran eight hundred and niney one kilometres to raise money for ellenor hospice, which supported his mum when she died from cancer 20 years ago.  Our Community Reporter Henry Luck reports.

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00:00And he's done it! Amol Randawa has just run the length of England. At the end

00:11however there were no medals or glory, just the incredible feeling of giving

00:17back to a hospice that's done so much for him. Amol's journey has taken him from

00:24Berwick upon Tweed all the way to Land's End in Cornwall. Imagine running this

00:31distance in just two weeks! But thankfully Amol wasn't alone on his

00:37journey as he had friends and family by his side. He's been struggling literally

00:44fighting every day to run on average about 70 kilometres a day with no no

00:51days break and he's actually on the final day today which has pushed him

00:56over into 14 days just because he's been a bit slower on the last few days. His

01:01body is literally giving up on him so he's been absolutely superhuman. A Just

01:08Giving page has also been sat up and Amol has already raised over 70% of his

01:15£40,000 target. Just to put that into context £30,000 could pay for 300 hours of

01:23specialist care for patients and families when they need us the most so we're

01:27blown away by Amol and I think he's our highest fundraiser so far this year with

01:33this kind of challenge event so it's just phenomenal. His journey may be over but

01:39it's impact will have a profound impact on those here in the county. Henry Luck for

01:46KMTV

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