Teenager runs length of the Metro system

September 2024
A teenager has completed an epic ultra marathon, running to all 60 stations on the Tyne and Wear Metro system in a single day.
Charles McManus, 18, from North Shields, took on the 77-mile challenge in memory of his father.
The epic run charted the same route as the Metro map, taking in the fastest routes from station to station via public roads and footpaths.
Charles was running in memory of his dad, David, who died in 2017. All of the money raised is going to St Oswald’s Hospice in Newcastle and the Brain Tumour Charity. So far, he has raised over £5,000.
The Metro marathon began at 3am at South Hylton Metro station in Sunderland. It took Charles 17 and a half hours, covering Metro’s green and yellow lines before concluding at Monument Metro station just after 8.30pm on Sunday, 15 September.