Dr Strings is running around the world.

Ok, nobody panic. Dr Strings is a psychiatrist for people with learning disabilities and isn’t about to abandon her patients or her team. Every mile will be run on UK soil, until she’s run the equivalent of a lap of the Earth.

Starting and finishing in Hastings, she’ll run 24,894 miles before she retires (1st August 2045). She’s going to raise £1 million for charities that will improve the mental well-being of people with learning disabilities.

Please note: a physiotherapist who has seen the state of her knees has advised that “running” may need to include walking, limping, crawling, hopping on crutches and self-propelling a wheelchair. The prediction is at least one knee replacement along the way…