Meet the Durham student who is running for 24 hours straight for Movember

With Movember in full swing, one Durham student has quite literally decided to go the extra mile by running for 24 hours straight.

Jake Tovell, a cricket player and sport and biochemistry student at Durham University, will be running non-stop for a day to raise money for the cause.

He is one of many Durham students who are fundraising for the annual event, which sees participants raise awareness for men’s health problems, including suicide prevention, prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health.

Jake was shocked to discover that, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 58 men take their own lives every hour. Since hearing the statistic, he has been inspired to raise awareness surrounding suicide and poor mental health.

Jake told The Durham Tab that this issue was very close to his heart, as he recently struggled with losing a loved one. He said that this experience meant he “finally [understood] the importance of men speaking out and talking to someone if they are struggling.”

The student plans to run non-stop from 2pm on Saturday 29th November until 2pm on Sunday 30th November. He has been training every day for this challenge, on top of his usual cricket training commitments, which he documents on Instagram. The run will start and end at Maiden Castle and other people will be joining Jake for parts of it.

As well as undertaking this challenge, he has a list of other fun challenges he will complete at certain donation milestones. These include buzzing his hair at £100, spontaneously running to Newcastle at £500, and running 5km in the library at £750…

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If you’re interested in supporting this cause (and seeing Jake run 5km in the library…), you can support his efforts by donating – or just by cheering him on at Maiden Castle on the 29th.

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