Kevin Sinfield To Run Ultra Marathon In Cork On Tuesday For Charity

Kevin Sinfield aims to bring the MND community together with his latest challenge that will include a challenge in Munster next week to remember our former Head of Strength & Conditioning Paul Darbyshire.

Kevin, who along with his team have already raised over £10 million with five previous challenges, is set to run seven ultra marathons in seven days across seven cities or regions. Again, this will include an Extra Mile event where members of the MND community will join Kev for one mile each day from 1^st to 7^th December 2025.

Donations can be made here.

He will be in Cork on Tuesday, December 2, with his run starting off at Red FM studios and including stops at Virgin Media Park, St Michael’s GAA, Highfield RFC, Leevale Athletics Club and Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

See full details below.

Cork – December 2

 Link to Day 2 route

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1BvtsCYURAvpILNPZrSt1xkO7VdzBF24&usp=sharing

Checkpoint Locations

This year, Kevin and the team will visit new locations that could be overlooked by major events so the MND community in each know they are not forgotten. The name for this year’s challenge is 7 in 7: Together.

Following the completion of Day 2 at Cork, Sinfield will immediately head for the airport to fly to Swansea for the next leg the following day. The challenge continues throughout the week in Sheffield, Cumbria, Dundee and Yorkshire.

The challenge will start on Monday 1^st December as the team arrive in East Anglia, running from Bury St Edmunds to Ipswich in tribute to former Ipswich Town striker Marcus Stewart, who is living with MND.

On 2^nd December, the team will return to the Republic of Ireland. Back in 2023, Kevin was joined by legendary Irish broadcaster Charlie Bird in Dublin before Charlie passed away after his battle with MND in March 2024. This time the 7 in 7 team will arrive in Cork with the Irish MND Association who once again are one of the beneficiaries from the challenge. The day will also see the team remember former Warrington Rugby League player and Munster Rugby coach Paul Darbyshire, who died in 2011 from MND.

On 3^rd December, the 7 in 7 challenge goes to Wales for a circuit of Swansea before moving back to England on 4^th December to South Yorkshire and the challenge of an ultra-marathon around the hills of Sheffield. This day will finish at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) where groundbreaking research is being done to find treatment and hopefully ultimately a cure for MND, including work part-funded by previous challenges.

On 5^th December, Kevin and the team will move to Cumbria with a run from Workington to Whitehaven in a region that is passionate about Rugby League that will ensure a warm reception even in the depths of winter.

The penultimate day will see the challenge move to Scotland with the late Doddie Weir always an inspiration for the team when they cross the Border. This day will start at the legendary golf course Carnoustie before travelling into Dundee.

The challenge will be completed as Kevin and the team return to Leeds for the first time since 2023 and the passing of Rob Burrow last year. This will start in North Yorkshire before culminating at AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium.

Six MND charities will once again benefit from the challenge. The MND Association are the main beneficiary along with donations to Leeds Hospitals Charity’s support for the Rob Burrow Centre, Irish MND Association, Darby Rimmer Foundation, My Name’5 Doddie Foundation and MND Scotland.

Commenting on the challenge Sinfield said, “We have committed to doing seven annual challenges, as most people know the number seven is special to us because it is the number Rob wore. There are so many special memories from the previous challenges when people are so grateful that we have come to their village, town or city.

“With this penultimate challenge we wanted to continue that theme. The logistics around getting to each region in the timescale is part of our challenge but it is worth it when we receive such a warm welcome.”