Video: Richard Whitehead: running from John O'Groats to Land's End shows my disability hasn't stopped me He set off from John O'Groats in August, with a support crew that included a doctor and a masseur. Alongside him was a chaperone on a bicycle for road safety, as well as members of the public who accepted the challenge to run 5km, 10km or a full marathon with him that day. His mother, his fiancée Valerie and their seven-month-old daughter Zarah were there to meet him at Land's End on Monday. It was very emotional. I had worked so hard. I tried to do that [he raises his fists again] but it was half-hearted. I cried, a lot. Exhausted as he is, Whitehead is already talking about competing in the Rio Olympics in 2016. He does seek attention through sport, there's no doubt about that, but insists it is in a higher cause. It's not about Richard Whitehead. It's about supporting people who are less fortunate than myself, raising money and awareness for charity and showing that just because I have a disability, it is not stopping me from doing anything. I want to be a liberator. sarcoma.org.uk; scope.org.uk