Richard ran from John O'Groats to Lands End to raise money and awareness for two charities, Scope and Sarcoma UK. On day one he was joined by Lindsey Bennister and Vicki Smith from Sarcoma UK.
On the roads outside John O'Groats we would meet other people finishing their challenge and were encouraged to hear their stories but also find out some of the difficulties which lay ahead.
As part of the morning preparations to run Richard would have a round of interviews with newspapers and radio stations eager to find out how he was progressing. Pictured is Strength and Conditioning coach Tim Stevenson.
Richard was running approx. 42km per day and to make this manageable it was broken down into 4 blocks to allow him to take on food and water. It also gave prosthetist Richard Hirons opportunities to make adjustments to Richard's running legs.
A combination of warm weather, tough terrain and spending longer than normal running Richard was beginning to develop blisters on his left leg.
After three days and covering over 120km the blister on Richard's left leg was worsening and team doctor Stephen Chew was concerned that carrying on could lead to infection.
On the advice of the medical team Richard was instructed to take an unplanned rest day to allow the blister to heal.
Richard's leg's had become so swollen he was unable to put on his running legs. Richard and team visited Inverness hospital to take casts to mould new ones.
Instead of staying still Richard took delivery of a handbike to continue the journey allowing the blisters and swelling to reduce. The steep hills of Scotland were tough as Richard had never used a handbike before.
Richard was joined in Scotland by Claire McIntyre. She ran 100km over 10 days with Richard. In early 2013 she was diagnosed with a sarcoma and the Doctor's were unsure she would make her next birthday.
To lift spirits, sponsors of the run Virgin Media rigged up a TV in the back of a vehicle so Richard could watch some of his favourite films while running.
Throughout the journey Richard would stop at schools to meet children who had been working on posters to cheer him on. He would take time to talk to the children and explain how his legs work.
The day's were getting tougher but the blisters were healing.
Ice baths were a regular part of Richard's post run routine to help reduce swelling and speed up recovery for the next marathon.
Hair and make up ahead of an appearance on BBC Breakfast.
A moment of quiet reflection in the Nottingham Council House Chambers. Richard was over half way through the run but many challenge's lay ahead.
In Nottingham a 5KM fun run was held to allow people to run with Richard. Here he is pictured crossing the finish line with Kieran Maxwell who was diagnosed with an Ewings Sarcoma in 2010 which meant his leg had to be amputated. Sadly in 2017 Kieran passed away after his cancer returned.
Marina, a double amputee from Russia who was adopted by a British family took great interest in Richard's prosthetics. With the support of one of his sponsors Ossur he was able to donate a child's version of his feet to get her up and running.
The day before finishing and with hundreds of miles of running one of Richard's carbon fibre blades snapped.
An emotional finish to an incredible journey, greeted by wife Val and mother Geraldine.
