Sinfield heads to Scotland on penultimate day of 7 in 7: Together Challenge

On the penultimate day of his 2025 7 in 7: Together Challenge, Kevin Sinfield and his team will head north of the border to Scotland when they run from the famous Carnoustie golf club into Dundee, finishing on the pitch before kick off of Dundee FC’s William Hill Premiership clash with Aberdeen at Dens Park on Saturday 6^thDecember.  

Kevin is set to run seven ultra marathons in seven days across seven cities or regions. Again, this will include an Extra Mile event where members of the MND community will join Kev for one mile each day from 1^st to 7^th December 2025. Each day will be broken down into 7km blocks that Sinfield must complete inside the hour, before setting off on the next leg on the hour. 

This year, Kevin and the team will visit new locations that could be overlooked by major events so the MND community in each know they are not forgotten. The name for this year’s challenge is 7 in 7: Together.

Sinfield and his team will run from Carnoustie following the River Tay into Dundee, circling around the city before going through the centre and heading to the finish line at Dens Park. 

Visits to Scotland have featured in the last three of Sinfield’s epic annual challenges inspired by the friendship with Doddie Weir and the support the Scottish rugby legend gave to Rob Burrow after his diagnosis with MND in 2019. Sadly, both men are no longer with us but that bond continues to inspire Sinfield and his team.

There are also current connections between MND and the city with Dundee Sheriff Alastair Carmichael speaking publicly last year about his own MND diagnosis back in February 2024. Two of the six beneficiaries from the week long challenge have Scottish connections with My Name’5 Doddie Foundation and MND Scotland both befitting. 

The public are asked to come out and support the challenge as it visits towns and villages but the public are not allowed to join the run for everyone’s safety and protection. 

Commenting on the latest challenge Sinfield said, “Scotland is always special for us and, having visited Edinburgh, the Borders and Glasgow, it will be lovely to come to Dundee. I’m looking forward to seeing Desperate Dan as I know we won’t be far from the finish then!

“I know it is a 3pm kick off against Aberdeen so we will be keeping an eye on the clock to make sure we get there in time. We have some wonderful partners for our challenge from Scotland who have been so generous in the support of our team and the MND community and we are very grateful. Naturally, Doddie will not be far from our thoughts all day. The penultimate day is always our toughest but I’m sure our memories of Doddie will keep a smile on our faces and hopefully the sound of some bagpipes as well will spur us on,” added Sinfield.

Dundee

Link to day 6 route: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1VdhkudpXS8gWZ74kUaNO7ASKjxdmzV8&usp=sharing

Checkpoint Locations

Following the completion of Day 6 in Dundee, Sinfield will immediately head back to Yorkshire to complete his 7 in 7: Together Challenge on Sunday 7^th December in Leeds. 

Donations can be made at https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/kevin-sinfield-7-in-7-together-challenge