How Ben Blowes' epic challenge has transformed support for children with brain tumours.
Last Christmas, Ben Blowes had almost completed his challenge of running a marathon every day in December and was on course to raise a target-busting £225,000 for a children's brain tumour charity. BBC News looks back at the feat of endurance and finds out what difference it has made to children and their families.
Each run was dedicated to a child given psychological support by the charity, hence the challenge's name, 31 Stars. It aimed to raise £31,000 - enough to help 31 children for a year. "I was still working full time, so I was getting up at 4am to do a fitness class before each marathon, then coming back and doing another.
He had slogged through wind, rain and cold without seeing a single soul, but suddenly that all changed.Camille, 14, of Woodbridge, was the star of Ben's second marathon "which meant so much to us", her mother Hayley said Ben was on his way to raising £225,000, seven times his target, and enough to help hundreds of children and their families.
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