Posted on 02/06/2009 9:59:47 AM PST by LibWhacker
DUBLIN (AFP) — An Irish long-distance runner has completed a gruelling seven marathons on seven continents in less than six days, a charity chief said Thursday.
Richard Donovan, 42, from Galway in the west of Ireland, began his challenge in numbing sub-zero temperatures in Antarctica on January 31 and finished in Sydney just five days, nine hours and eight minutes later.
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Brilliant!
Crazy! Cool, but crazy.
Are they sure they didn't confuse what my projected time would be for one marathon, with this guy's figures?
Run Forest, run.........
I mean Patrick.
Irish Mike
I hear ‘ya! It’d be too exhausting for me to make the trip he made in five days, never mind the races.
I’ll have to admit to doubting this actually took place. That’s just my take on it.
One of my pharmacist friends used to run an iron man marathon through Angeles Forest north of L.A. It was a 100 mile run, cross country. And it wasn’t on flat land. It was a real killer of a course.
I can’t even imagine running the annual Goofy Challenge at Disney World (13.1 on Saturday and then the 26.2 on Sunday), let alone 7 in five days.
Unbelievable.
Good for him.
Musta been Finn McCool or one a them guys.
Ta go maith!!
Oh wait...I misread the title...sorry.
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