Olly Murs has said “part of me wanted to quit” after day two of his 400km endurance challenge for Soccer Aid’s 20th anniversary.
The 41-year-old is taking on the five-day Into The Unknown challenge — by running, cycling and rowing for 249 miles between Manchester and London – to raise money for Unicef.
On Tuesday, the singer and presenter took on 100km of Derbyshire’s Peak District, pedalling through Hope Valley before facing a climb from Wye Dale over to the Tissington Trail.
He then walked off-road into Ashbourne and finished by rowing along the Trent and Mersey Canal.
At the finish line, he said: “Part of me wanted to quit earlier and say ‘I’m not doing it, I’m going back to the hotel’, but this is what it’s all about.
“I’m going into the unknown. I’m doing it for Unicef. For the kids that are in difficult places and difficult situations. This money, I’ve seen, does amazing things.
“Every stroke in that canal I was thinking of those families, thinking of those kids. I was thinking of my own kids, my wife.
“I may be exhausted. It may be the most relentless day. But I will still get up tomorrow and do it all again.”
The challenge has already raised more than £152,000.
