DJ Cox 'wiped out' by £10m run

SARA Cox has said it means “the absolute world” that she raised more than £10 million for BBC Children In Need with her 135-mile marathon challenge.

- LAURA HARDING

e finish line of her 135-mile marathon Challenge for Children in Need

(Sarah Louise Bennett/BBC)

The BBC Radio 2 DJ completed five marathons in five days to raise £10,169,084 and said it was “a lot tougher than I ever expected”.

Approximately £35,000 of the total was donated in buckets by spectators watching from the sidelines en route.

Cox told BBC Breakfast: “Our £10 million is the fivers, tenners, and twenties of Radio 2 listeners and Children In Need supporters, who have each individually given their hard-earned cash, so it means the absolute world.”