CUMBRIAN Gary McKee was joined by sporting and fundraising legend Kevin Sinfield this morning to run his 354th marathon of the year.

This means that Gary has just 10 to go before completing his daily marathon challenge on New Year’s Eve in Cleator Moor.

McKee has raised over £350,000 so far this year for his two chosen charities; Macmillan Cancer Support and Hospice At Home West Cumbria.

Sinfield, the newly-appointed England Rugby defence coach for England Rugby, raised over £2million last month during his 7/7 ultramarathon challenge in support of his friend Rob Burrows and Motor Neurone Disease charities.

Gary said: “Watching the JustGiving page go up each day has been inspiring and seeing the amount of people supporting me has been incredible.

"Having Kevin with me today has been great, we share a lot of common interests and it’s been great to catch up with a likeminded chap.”

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Gary, who has supported Macmillan for over 18 years, continued: “The reason I’m doing this is that I’m lucky enough to be able to take on a physical challenge of this scale, and every day I think about all the people going through cancer treatment who face their own physical and emotional challenges.

“If I can support people going through cancer and other life-limiting illnesses while inspiring people to get out there and fundraise themselves, then every marathon I do every day is worth the effort.”

Gary added: “I’m proud of what we’ve achieved over the last year. I’ve seen people believe in themselves and run full marathon distances with me, something they thought they’d never do and that’s simply fantastic."

To sponsor Gary, visit his JustGiving page.

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