A man has run a marathon under lockdown - without leaving his own living room.

Paul Holliday, who had been training for the Manchester marathon - which was postponed because of corornavirus - ran 4,500 lengths of his living room in the north-west of England to raise £2,000 for charity.

He celebrated with a hummus sandwich.

"I woke up, had a hearty breakfast and got under way at 9am," he told BBC Sport.

"It took me about four-and-a-half hours. I was planning on doing three hours 45 minutes but I couldn’t get much pace up in my house.

"It was quite strange. In an outdoor marathon you have the fresh air and people supporting you getting you through the difficult bits.

"My wife occasionally popped in to check on me today. I had a couple of windows open but there was no breeze."

There was one downside for Holliday, who is head of communications at Bolton Wanderers FC but currently on furlough.

"I was hoping the carpet would be threadbare at the end of it so I could rip it out. I’ve hated it since we moved in. Sadly it lives to fight another day."