The ‘running man’ from Oldham has reached Leicester in his mammoth fundraising challenge from Oldham to London.
Afruz Miah, 47, has run 161km from Oldham and reached Leicester. The aim is to get to Northampton by Monday. He has been running on average 15km a day during daylight hours while fasting.
He said: “I wasn’t sure what I was letting myself in for but it’s looking good so far thanks to God.”
For someone who was warned of an impending heart attack by his doctor only a year ago to run such a huge distance is unprecedented.
Afruz added: “I was a qualified teacher and kind of accidentally became the running man”