A SIX-year-old girl whose military charity video with a blinded Iraq War veteran has been viewed online more than 100 million times has been cheered on by the former soldier as she completed a 5km run to raise funds for wounded personnel.

Temperance Pattinson, from Darlington, who celebrated her birthday two weeks ago, said she had been nervous ahead of the challenge in South Park, but managed to complete the course - a distance Sir Mo Farah has often competed over - in just 35 minutes.

On crossing the finishing line, Temperance was lifted high into the air by 38-year-old Simon Brown, with whom she appeared in a poignant short film for the Help for Heroes charity in which they exchanged their experiences and thoughts on bravery.

Amid applause from onlooking family members and friends, she appeared thrilled to have completed the course, for which she had regularly trained, and celebrated having surpassed her £2,000 fundraising target with a slush ice drink and by cuddling a teddy bear. Temperance said: "I want to help the soldiers."

Her mother, Emily, who ran alongside Temperance holding her hand for much of the course, added: "We're not normally runners - Temperance announced she would run a 5k, but she didn't even know what 5k stood for.

"So we walked the course so she could picture it and I thought 'this might not be possible'. But she has put in the effort in, gradually building up the to distance.

"She amazes me. You forget you are talking to a six-year-old. It's crazy to think of the number of people who have seen the video and she can't go anywhere now, particularly in London, without people recognising her."

When asked about Temperance's future fundraising plans, her mother added: "I'm worried that we are going to end up scaling Kilimanjaro."

Mr Brown, who has undergone 25 operations to rebuild his shattered face and 20 per cent vision in one eye after being shot by an Iraqi sniper in 2006, had initially met Temperance in the summer after she completed a sponsored triathlon, raising £350 for the charity.

He said he had been disappointed not to have been able to join Temperance on the run, due to a nerve damage injury.

The former Royal Engineer said: "She knows she is doing good, but doesn't grasp how incredible what she is doing is."

Ian Barnes, who runs the weekly Parkrun, added: "For such a young girl to do that is exceptional, inspirational. She has got a great deal of verve."