'Disco ball' runner completes year-long challenge in Solihull

Freya Morgan said she found the perfect costume after others were uncomfortable

A human rights lawyer has completed a year-long challenge to run more than 1,500 miles to raise funds for a refugee and asylum seeker charity.

Freya Morgan, who dressed as a disco ball to get "people talking", finished her 200th run alongside refugee runners in Solihull, West Midlands, earlier.

She has run a total of 1,553 miles (2,500 km) and raised about £20,000 for Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID).

She wanted to "change the story" about refugees and asylum seekers, she said.

"It's quite a difficult thing to talk about and when you turn up as an experienced runner in your silly kit and you are doing all these warm-ups at races and running like this, it gets people talking in a way that feels maybe a bit less scary," she said.

Ms Morgan, who is originally from Droitwich, wanted to raise money for the charity which provides free legal advice and representation.

"The people I work with are just looking for the chance to have a better life," she said.

"All I am looking to do is to show people that humans are humans."

Ms Morgan said she had made new friends along the way

Ahead of a run from London to Bristol earlier in the year, she said she had found the perfect disco ball suit after suffering some "horrendous chafing" from prototype costumes.

She completed her challenge in Solihull with the Refugee Run Club, which use running to help refugees integrate into society.

She said she had made many friends during the challenge and felt "amazing".