Kevin Sinfield to run with 7,000 Santas on journey to Hollywood football side Wrexham

Day One of the journey home for Kevin Sinfield will see him run with 7,000 Santas before arriving at the home of a Hollywood football club.

Kevin Sinfield begins his fifth annual challenge tomorrow morning with this year’s event being titled ‘Running Home for Christmas’ and it will start in the most bizarre way yet.

The first leg of his seven-day run home sees the Leeds Rhinos legend kick it all off in Liverpool where he will compete in the city’s annual Santa Dash. That will see Sinfield run alongside over 7,000 all dressed festively as Santa Claus.

His start time for that is 9:30 am with each day of running this year being broken into at least eight seven-kilometre chunks.

Kevin Sinfield and his team will run 7km with that number being so important to the cause as it was Rob Burrow’s shirt number. Upon the competition of each 7km block, they must wait until the turn of the hour to start the next one.

Details of the days have been confirmed but we’ll dive into what day one looks like. Fans will be able to track Kevin Sinfield as well via various apps with information in the attached tweet below.

Kevin Sinfield labelled a ‘super-human’ ahead of latest challenge

You can follow Kevin Sinfield every step of the way as he’s #RunningHomeForChristmas using the @runforall App for free – look for it where you usually download your apps searching for Run For All pic.twitter.com/Y9OfDdqjvr

— Leeds Rhinos (@leedsrhinos) November 30, 2024

As has been the case in previous years, money raised will go to combat Motor Neurone Disease with Kevin Sinfield having already helped raise almost £10 million through similar events. This year will be more poignant as it is the first to be undertaken since the passing of Rob Burrow in June.

Starting this year’s challenge in Liverpool, what better way to start the charity event off than running alongside 7,000 other Santas before ending day one at the stadium connected to another who holds the cause so close to their heart.

Sinfield’s finishing point on day one will be the stadium of League One football club Wrexham AFC. The Welsh club, owned by Hollywood giants Rob McElheny and Ryan Reynolds are managed by Phil Parkinson, a close friend and former manager of Stephen Darby, another MND sufferer.

The Darby Rimmer Foundation will be one of the beneficiaries of the charity event and now Wrexham boss Parkinson, a former manager of Stephen Darby, has spoken on the honour the club hold in their stadium being the finishing point for day one of this latest challenge.

On Sinfield, Parkinson said: “He is a super-human hero, and the challenges he keeps taking on are beyond comprehension.

“We’ll welcome him with open arms, we can’t wait for him to arrive, and I’d suggest everyone who can gets down to the Racecourse for 5pm. We’ll make him welcome, and we’ll try to raise a few quid!”

For information on how to donate to this latest challenge, click here.

Our 8,500 Santas will join mammoth fundraiser Rugby League legend Kevin Sinfield CBE at tomorrow’s 20th anniversary @btrliverpool Santa Dash.
Kevin has sent our Santas this lovely video message ahead of seeing you all tomorrow.
Give Kevin and his team a cheer along the way! pic.twitter.com/PA332lHg18

— BTR Liverpool (@btrliverpool) November 30, 2024