Five-year-old runs marathon in fancy dress for Plymouth Hospitals Charity

Five-year-old Ollie Hall has run a marathon in 30 days for Plymouth Hospitals Charity.

Taking on a mile every day in fancy dress, Ollie Hall challenged himself to run 26 miles before he turned six yesterday (June, 8).

Among many others, Ollie's fancy dress costumes have included Harry Potter, a vampire, a pirate, superheroes and a knight of the NHS.

  • Watch Kylie Pentelow's interview with Ollie and his dad, Chris:

Ollie’s Dad, Chris, explains that Ollie has been inspired to find ways to help other during the COVID-19 outbreak: “About four weeks ago I was going out to get our weekly shop.

"Ollie came to me with his hard earned pocket money and asked me to spend it on buying cakes for his teachers and friends who were still at school to cheer them up.

"We bought lots of cakes and he took them to school the following day. The teachers and children were over the moon."

Ollie after his final mile Credit: Plymouth Hospitals Charity
Credit: Plymouth Hospitals Charity

So far, Ollie has raised more than £2000 for Derriford Hospital. You can visit his fundraising page here.