Suffolk headteacher runs 24 miles in a morning to raise money for the RNLI
The Reindeer Run usually takes place through December but Rebecca Leak has decided to do it all in one go
A Suffolk headteacher's raising money for the RNLI - by running 24 miles to work - all before the school bell rings.
Rebecca Leek, from Bealings Primary School is completing the Reindeer Run, which is normally done throughout the month of December, but she's taking it up a notch - by doing the whole thing in a day.
Her current fundraising target is £500.
Rebecca told us she is taking on the challenge because she feels the RNLI has become "symbolic of the political position on migrants and what should we be doing to people who are seeking sanctuary."
She acknowledges how people on these lifeboats are " risking everything for their families and for survival" and tells us it's something she "personally wants to get behind."
She's also using the challenge as a teaching opportunity for children at her school: "I asked the children who they thought would be working or volunteering on Christmas Day. Their first answer, of course, was Father Christmas.
"But we then remembered that the hospitals would be open and that emergency services we still be working.
"A large proportion of people within the RNLI are volunteers so they're people that give up their time on Christmas Day as well."
Preparation
She told us running is her "favourite thing" but that she is typically a "private" runner, so having people know about this challenge is adding more pressure because she "doesn't want to let them down."
Despite her love for the sport, she says that she has been "low on mileage" recently with the responsibilities of being a headteacher amongst other things, but has prepared for today by running over the weekend, getting a good night's sleep and carb-loading with a dinner of chips last night.
Her biggest concern for the run has been the high chance of wind and rain, and how dark it will be in the early hours: "I will have to concentrate on making sure that those couple of really dark hours in the beginning I do really safely."
Finishing
Although Bealings Primary School is aware of Rebecca's run, she doesn't want a huge amount of attention and will just be happy to have a coffee waiting for her at the end, with a feeling of relief.
She did reveal though that she likes the ideal of being a "role model" for the children: "Being a woman that has taken on a really physical challenge, I think that's really important for children to see.
"These endurance sports are often dominated by men, if you go to an ultra marathon, there are always many more men that do it than women.
"So I like the idea of being something of a role model in that way as well."