Warwick man doubles running challenge to raise more money for charity

A man from Warwick who set out to run 50 miles in a month went on to double his distance to help raise more money for charity.

In October Arvinder Samra took on the 'Run the Month 2020' challenge in aid of Prostate Cancer UK.

The challenge involves running a total of 50 miles in October.

Arvinder, who is 42, completed the running challenge in just two weeks.

Despite completing the challenge Arvinder, who is a co-director and solicitor at Cox Minhas Solicitors, decided to carry on running to help raise more money.

By the end of October Arvinder had run 100 miles.

He said: "It was one thing completing the initial 50 mile challenge within half the time but to then go on and do a further 50 miles to complete 100 miles in total was an amazing personal goal.

"The support from all those who have donated ,family and friends has been immense.

"I was spurred on to complete 100 miles before the month was out by and it was a shock when the challenge was complete but a relief and a great sense of achievement for Prostate Cancer UK that donations kept coming in."

Arvinder initially set out to raise £500 and has now raised more than £1,000

The fundraising page is due to be open until the end of December.

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