John Burkhill from Handsworth, who is also known as the mad walker with the pram has finished his most recent challenge, to walk 100 half marathons for Macmillan Cancer Support in Sheffield.
John, who was been walking the Sheffield Half Marathon route six days a week since March 1st has so far raised a fantastic £6,396.47 for the charity over the past three months.
"Macmillan does a wonderful job, not just by providing medical support to people affected by cancer but by also providing emotional and financial help, and every 10p I collect for them is 10p Macmillan didn't have before." Said John.
On his 100th half marathon John was joined by Steve Loane, Area Fundraising Manager for Macmillan, Kevan Smith from Nabarro and Richard Caborn MP, who all got into the spirit of things by dressing as John and all pushing prams to the finish line where they were greeted by supporters of John including Captain Blade from Sheffield United.
Johns' challenge finished this Wednesday which is a very important day for him. "16th June was my wife's birthday so it was important for me to finish my challenge then. Since my daughter and wife passed away I have devoted my life to fundraising for charity and my ambition is to raise £250,000 in my life time."
John, who is 71, has spent the last 27 years walking for charity and has raised an astonishing £130,000 doing so.
Fundraising Manager for Macmillan in Sheffield Rebecca Staden said "Once again John has proved that anything is possible, his dedication is truly inspirational and to complete this epic challenge is amazing. Since May 2007 John has raised a fantastic £16,279.25, this amount of money would fund a Macmillan family support worker for five months! Oh behalf of Macmillan I would like to thank John for all his continued support, every pound he raises makes a huge difference to local people affected by cancer."
To sponsor John for completing his challenge please visit www.justgiving.com/madmanwithpram
