Scott honours ‘One in a million’ friend with hundred 10k runs
IT STARTED with a spur of the moment thought to remember a “one in a million” friend – just how long would it take to run a million metres?
A hundred days, 100 10K runs, and £10,000 raised for charity later, Scott Cranmer can finally take a rest.
He was inspired to start running to mark the first anniversary of the death of his childhood friend Chris Chapman, who died in June 2016 from osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer he was first diagnosed with at age 15.
Mr Cranmer had been taking part in a warm-up event for an Iron Man challenge he was competing in to raise money for the Leeds-based Bone Cancer Research Trust when he was told of his friend’s death last year. He decided to continue supporting the charity in his memory.
Mr Chapman, who was from Outwood in Wakefield, had his left leg amputated due to a tumour, and played wheelchair basketball for Great Britain.
Mr Cranmer, 31, who is also from Outwood, said: “Everyone uses phrases like ‘one in a million’, but he was – so I decided to work out what a million metres would be – 100 10km runs. For some people the 12 months anniversary is a sad time and I wanted to turn it into something positive.”
He completed his final consecutive 10k by running into his workplace at Banana Kick in Leeds yesterday. Throughout his challenge he has not missed a single run, with the most gruelling on a stag celebration in Spain. He added: “Chris was a great inspiration. Nothing was too much for him, and even when he was really ill, he just to make sure everyone around him was happy.”