Boy from Sturry, near Canterbury, runs 100 miles to fund mum’s cancer treatment

A 13-year-old has run 100 miles to help give his mum the best chance of beating advanced cancer.

Oscar Rogers, from Sturry near Canterbury, finished his mission at Canterbury Academy last Friday.

The money will fund pioneering treatment for his mum, Rebecca, who is battling stage four bowel cancer.

The proud parent, who was diagnosed in December, told KentOnline: “He did his last run at Canterbury Academy, which is where he did most of his running this month.

“He was really excited. The weather was awful, but we had a few supporters come down, and a couple of them even ran a few laps with Oscar.

“He really enjoyed it and was really pleased with himself when he finished.

“I’m very proud, and I said to him he must be proud of himself for doing it.”

Oscar has been completing the 100 miles in blocks throughout the last month.

He was joined by KentOnline’s sister radio station kmfm at Canterbury Academy for one mile on October 24.

Oscar told the presenters, Rob and Numi: “My goal is to reach 100 miles in the month of October.

“I've done a little bit of running in the past, but not as long as I've run with this.”

His challenge has raised almost £1,000 towards the fund. You can donate here.

Rebecca has set out to raise £100,000 in total, with more than £17,600 collected so far.

The 36-year-old previously told KentOnline how the NHS could do no more for her, saying she was too weak for another full round of chemotherapy.

She told kmfm: “We're raising the money to fund the private treatment. I've had a few private scans, and they've been much more detailed, and everything seems to be a little bit better than what they were originally saying with the NHS.

“It is doing the job, and obviously Oscar wanted to put his input in.

“He wanted to help straight away as soon as I spoke to him.

“I didn’t tell him straight away. I wanted to be ready myself.

“The moment I spoke to him, we got a little bit upset together, and then straight away he was like ‘I want to help, what can I do?’”

The money raised will pay for private oncology treatment at St Mark’s Hospital in London, as well as pioneering TACE in Germany, which costs at least £30,000.