The remarkable effort is part of a fundraiser set up after the unexpected death of his older brother
A Nottinghamshire man is raising funds to help provide a weekend of free heart scans in Nottingham after the sudden death of his brother. Olie Sheppard, from Mansfield, cycled 810 miles from John O'Groats to London days before completing the London Marathon, raising more than £5,000 in the process.
SADS is when someone dies suddenly and unexpectedly from a cardiac arrest, but the cause of the cardiac arrest can't be found. "He was very calm and laid back, he was straight and honest and a really great guy," said Olie, a 31-year-old joiner."Nobody ever had a bad word to say about him, he was brilliant. He got took too soon."
"James just dropped dead in the shower one Saturday morning. It was completely undiagnosed, he was fit and healthy and had no problems at all, it just happened."
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