Notts County fan Jamie Austin plans to cover 220 miles using back roads parallel to the motorway
A man plans to run the entire length of the M1 motorway to raise money for diabetes research.
Jamie Austin, 49, has plotted a route from Leeds to London, using parallel back roads, via his home city of Nottingham.He hopes to complete the 220-mile route in 10 days while raising money for the JDRF charity.Jamie Austin said his son Henry had been "amazing" since he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes"I'm really not a proper runner and I'm going to try this in January when the great British weather isn't at its best.
"That road was such a big part of my life when I was a child in Nottingham - every trip north and south with the family," he said.The run is set to start on 23 January and Mr Austin hopes to complete 22 miles each day.Follow BBC East Midlands on
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