Some people run a 5k for charity. Manny Kang walks 156 miles from Wolverhampton to London without sleeping. We know which one we’d rather write about.
Manny is one of those rare human beings who makes you feel quietly ashamed of how little you’ve done with your weekend. Over seven years of extraordinary fundraising, he’s completed five London Marathons, walked nearly 200 miles from Wolves to Newcastle with his son, cycled non-stop for 24 hours, and helped raise over £345,000 for Dementia UK. He carries names of loved ones lost to dementia on his trainers. He runs his 23rd Samosa Saturday fundraiser like it’s nothing. He just keeps going.
This April, Manny is back with what he’s calling Manny’s Marathon Madness 2026. Starting on 24th April, he’ll walk 156 miles from Wolverhampton to the start line of the London Marathon, arriving just in time to run his sixth. All without a single minute of sleep. Three days. No rest. Just grit, heart, and a cause worth every blister.
Here at Eighty3, we were delighted to play a small part. We printed the event t-shirts and made a donation to his JustGiving page, because honestly, how could we not? Manny came into The Warehouse in Brierley Hill and the whole team was genuinely moved by his story. He’s warm, he’s funny, he’s utterly determined, and he’s doing all of this to support families affected by dementia through Dementia UK’s incredible Admiral Nurses. These are specialist nurses who provide real, hands-on support to families at some of the hardest moments of their lives, and they rely entirely on donations to keep going.
If you want to back one of the most inspiring people the Black Country has ever produced, scan the QR code on the shirt, or head straight to his JustGiving page. Every pound counts. We’ll be following Manny’s every step on 24th to 26th April and cheering him on from Brierley Hill. Come on Manny. Up the Wolves.
👉 Donate here: justgiving.com/fundraising/mkang
