"It's changing lives" - Rugby League star Jamie Peacock looks ahead to 104-mile ultra-marathon

Jamie Peacock has his sights on another impressive post-career feat as he plans to run 104 miles in a fundraising bid for the Greenhouse Sports charity in just over two weeks.

This is the latest leg in the Rugby League legend’s series of challenges, which have included numerous marathons and ultra-marathons.

Greenhouse Sports is one of the main beneficiaries of Peacock’s fundraising and, given they are entering their 20th year, the 44-year-old and his team have one big push in mind.

Peacock told GMS: “It starts from March 2021, myself and Simon Dent ran a double marathon to raise money for the Greenhouse Sports Project, putting sport coaches into schools in deprived areas. We managed to raise £60k, which was enough for two sports coaches.

“This year, 2022, is the 20th anniversary of the charity. We thought we needed to do something extra special, so six weeks after we finished the run we started to plan what we were going to do.

“What we decided was we will run 104 miles – four marathons – and try and raise as much money as possible.

“As that got drawn out, the roof got damaged at the centre. So, what we are trying to do is raise as much money as possible for the roof, and if we can put more coaches in that would be awesome too.”

What Greenhouse Sports offer is coaching for students from tough backgrounds, in a bid to use sport in a positive way in their lives.

It’s a cause that Peacock is always fully behind.

“It’s such a good cause,” he enthused.

“There are loads of great charities out there but what they do is give students from tough backgrounds some positive role models, show them that, through the vehicle of sport and its values, you can go out and be successful.

“Given what we’ve gone through with the lockdowns,