Fridge-carrying marathon brothers pass £1m mark

Two brothers who featured in the recent London Marathon, running the 26.2 miles (42km) with a fridge on their back, have surpassed their £1m online fundraising goal.

Jordan and Cian Adams, known as the FTD Brothers, ran the marathon to raise cash for Alzheimer Society of Ireland and their non-profit, the FTD Brothers Foundation. They both risk getting dementia in their 40s.

The pair lost their mum, Geraldine, to frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in 2016, aged just 52, and both have inherited the gene that caused it.

"My family will never be able to repay you for this," said Jordan, speaking on TikTok.

The brothers, from Redditch, Worcestershire, are currently on day 11 of running 33 consecutive marathons in 33 days across Ireland.

Reacting to hitting the £1m mark, Jordan said: "Me and Cian have gone on this mission to try and leave a legacy.

"As two normal lads from a small town in the West Midlands, to leave something for our family."

He added: "One thing I want to be firm on is, this isn't the end at all and we need your support still.

"Our future is quite bleak and it doesn't end with raising £1m, sadly."

He called on supporters to fill the streets of Dublin on 28 May for the end of their challenge, and "fill the city with vibrant colours just like my mom loved".

"Let's make the world stop and listen to what we are doing, the FTD brothers.

"Let's show people that together that we can change the world."

Jordan Adams has said he expects to become symptomatic in his mid-to-late 40s.

In a previous interview, he said: "I stand here as a soon-to-be 31-year-old, with Cian set to turn 26 this year, and we know that ultimately we're living against the clock.

He was 15 and his brother aged nine when their mother was diagnosed with FTD in 2010, aged 47.

The brothers set themselves the goal of raising £1m in their mother's honour.

Jordan Adams said he and his family were "so grateful" for the coverage he and his brother had received around the London race.

"We've been banging on the door telling people this story for eight, nine years and finally it feels like it's struck a chord with people," he said.

• Watch the FTD Brothers as they appear on Extraordinary Portraits on BBC iPlayer

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