Team Earth - solo
Dr Strings around the world
24,894 miles
Ready at the start line
Dr Strings sets off on 1 August.
Run.Connect.Protect.
A race to retirement
Good mental health belongs in the big, wide world.
Dr Strings is running around the world. Hopkins is gathering a team for the Moon and back. Together, they're aiming to raise £1 million for eight charities that help people connect and protect the natural world.
The challenge at a glance
A race to retirement
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The mileage challenge begins on 1 August 2026.
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Team Moon - community
Hopkins' team to the Moon and back
477,710 miles
Ready at the start line
Every eligible mile will bring the Moon a little closer.
Team Moon has much farther to travel, so the teams are compared by how much of their own route they have completed. That keeps the race fair.
Two journeys. One purpose.
The long way round
Both adventures start in Hastings. Dr Strings is taking the scenic route around the world, while Hopkins and her team are heading to the Moon and all the way home again.
- Team Earth
- Dr Strings - one 24,894-mile route around the world
- Team Moon
- Hopkins and volunteer runners - 477,710 miles collectively
Choose your side
One incredibly tired step at a time
Team Earth
Back Dr Strings
A psychiatrist, a solo trip around the world and an excellent reason to stay on the sofa.
Sofa-supporters welcome. You can donate without running or registering.
Follow Dr StringsTeam Moon
Run with Hopkins
A learning disability nurse building a volunteer team for the enormous journey to the Moon and back.
Every eligible mile helps. You can join the team for free.
Join on GiveWheelThe mission
Run.
Nineteen years, two routes and one incredibly tired step at a time.
Connect.
Raise money for local activities, friendships, creativity, skills and routes into work.
Protect.
Support charities caring for land, woodland and the natural world that supports our wellbeing.
The charities we're running for
Connect locally. Protect globally.
Six local charities bring people together and create opportunities. Two environmental charities care for the natural world.
The people behind the challenge
Dr Strings & Hopkins
We're Dr Strings, a psychiatrist, and Hopkins, a learning disability nurse with the Hastings & Rother Community Learning Disability Team. We work together and run together too.
One evening run, we got fed up with feeling overwhelmed by problems that seemed too big. Extreme Psychiatry was our answer.
Read our storyAlong the route
Stories from the long way round
The first stories are just around the corner.
Come back for the good runs, the grim ones, the people who join in and news from the charities, as well as the smaller moments that keep both teams moving.
Follow the storyHelp carry the challenge forward
One million pounds. Two enormous journeys. Eight charities worth running for.
Run, donate, share - or support from the sofa.