A MAN who won a TV travel challenge has raised more than £6,000 as he is halfway through running 200km during Ramadan.

Emon Choudhury, who won BBC Two's Race Across the World last year, is looking to raise £100,000 to build a school for disadvantaged children in Nepal.

He is looking to run 200k during Ramadan, which runs until Wednesday, May 12, to kick off his latest fundraising project.

It is the first fundraising event he will hold between now and October 3 when he takes part in this year's London Marathon.

Emon, 37, of Saltaire, will complete the 200k challenge by doing separate runs of between 5km and 10km each day, initially going along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal towpath between Saltaire and Bingley.

He will be keeping to Ramadan requirements of fasting during the day and will complete each of his runs from around 6pm each day.

Go to justgiving.com/fundraising/runemonrun to make a donation.