A Suffolk teacher is running 82 miles in 24 hours
Alfie Norman is running 82 miles in 24 hours to raise money in honour of his Grandad after he passed away
A Suffolk teacher, Alfie Norman, is running 82 miles in 24 hours to raise money in honour of his Grandad after he passed away last month.
We spoke to Alfie who told us why he has taken on this challenge.
He told us his Grandad would have been 82 this year which is why Alfie has chosen to run 82 miles.
"I was really close to him and he meant a lot to all our family, especially all his grandchildren.
"We saw him so much. We'd go to school and come back and we normally go around Nan and Grandad's house and play in the garden.
"He'd come watch us play football. In the summer holidays and the school holidays would always be round there. Him and our Nan would look after us
"You could ask anyone who lived in the local village he was just such a genuinely nice person, such a thoughtful character.
"And since he's been gone, we've all missed him dearly. Yeah, just a really, really nice genuine man. It was an honour to call him my Granddad."
" I thought this] would be nice to do it in memory of him and he's always he loved his sports as well.
"He always loved watching all of his grandchildren do sports, you know, football, athletics, netball. So, it ties in nicely.
Alfie Training
Alfie Norman Training for his charity run of 82 miles
Alfie also told us that the route he is running as emotional ties to his grandparents.
"I think I'm gonna sort of start the run around midday. Obviously I'm going for 82 miles within 24 hours.
"I started thinking about this ages ago, and I sort of wanted to do something in memory of my granddad's and raise money for charity.
"And I want something that was gonna really push me and sort of be a challenge as well.
"I didn't just do something for the sake of it, I want to, you know, sort of really push myself. And he was he would have been 82.
He also told us about the charity he is raising money for and the reasoning behind it.
"I am running for EACH, East Anglian Children's Hospices.
"After discussions, with the rest of the family,.. we picked this one. They said how much it meant to him as he was growing up and how much it meant, just generally to him.
"We've done stuff for other charities as well, that were close to him. But no one had sort of done anything for this charity, which meant a lot to him.
"So I thought I would go with that one and also it's for a great cause.
"You know they do so much to help lots of children. Lots of families."
Alfie is hoping to raise £1200 for the charity and has a JustGiving page which people can donate to.