After running 104 miles in the space of 24 hours, Adam Chapman managed to raise £1,760 for Walking With The Wounded. The runner was pushed to the limit during the 24-hour Self Transcendence race, which sees people running as many laps of a standard track as possible in a day.

The challenge is all about endurance, with runners simply going around the track repeatedly, changing direction every four hours. Around 20 per cent of the participants in this month's challenge dropped out before the finish mark, making Adam's achievement really special.

Adam started collecting sponsorship with the aim of completing 100 miles during the 24 hours of the challenge. He didn't have any plans about how he was going to achieve this, so he just went for it on Saturday, September 17th.

While he started off trying to count his laps, he soon realised this would be impossible to maintain for the full day so instead he focussed on running. Other than taking a couple of minutes at the end of each hour to grab some food and drink – which he consumed while walking – he spent the full 24 hours on the track.

“The hours merged into each other," he told the charity. The scoreboard was updated each hour, I was slowly racking up the miles, a marathon before I hit 5 hours, 40 miles before it went dark and so on. I was lucky that friends came to give encouragement at different times despite it being a less than thrilling spectator sport and I chatted to a few fellow runners on the way around, which also helped the time pass.

After 22 and a half hours, Adam achieved his goal of 100 miles but kept on going so he could say he completed the full 24 hours. This allowed him to rack up a total of 104 miles by doing 420 laps. He also managed to come in 18th out of all the runners, which is a huge achievement.

"It was as mentally tough as it was physically but I kind of enjoyed it in a strange way and ultimately we’ve managed to raise some more money for a great cause. The race organisers and supporters were fantastic and so helpful as were all my friends and family," he said.ADNFCR-2867-ID-801825648-ADNFCR

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