British comedian, Eddie Izzard, has completed 43 marathons in 51 days!
- That’s 27 miles a day
- 6 days a week
- for 7 weeks
- … and during that time Eddie covered more than 1,110 miles of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
For most of us, contemplating one marathon is scary enough. To think of anything more, a lot more, well…you’d have to be a lunatic, right?! The jury is currently out on whether Mr.Izzard is a lunatic, afterall this is the comedian who has a penchant for strange attire, but you have to admire his determination and commitment. An impressive feat (couldn’t resist a pun!) to raise a staggering amount for Sport Relief, the sporty bit of Comic Relief.
With blistered feet, toenails blackened and dropping off (yuk!) he kept going. He’s 47 years old and admits to having done only 5 weeks training before starting on this mammoth run.
Eddie gives me hope for my challenge in April – after all I only have to do one Marathon in one day…how bad can it be???
