Vicar finishes island-wide running challenge

News imageBBC Reverend Barrett crosses the finish line with an arm around another runner as they both smile and Mark is wearing a big sombreroBBC
Reverend Mark Barrett wore a fancy dress hat for his final run

A vicar from Jersey has completed a challenge to run 12km (7.46 miles) in 12 days across 12 parishes.

Dozens of people joined the vicar on his runs around the island, which finished on Friday at St Andrew's Church.

He said half the money raised would go to the charity and the other half would be used to improve the church.

News imageA group of runners waves at the camera next to a church
People of all ages joined Mr Barrett on his final run on Friday

Mr Barrett wanted the runs to bring people together across the island.

He said people could be "quite fractured" despite living in a small island and his church tried to create "community events and to bring loads of different people together and regular basis".

"It has been sore and physically tough but there has been so many wonderful people coming out to support it and I have loved that," he said.

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