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Good luck to the guy, but I seriously doubt he'll be able to do it. No matter how well you're conditioned and use quality footwear, feet, knees, and hips aren't going to hold up to that amount of abuse without rest.
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Screamin_Eagle174 wrote:Good luck to the guy, but I seriously doubt he'll be able to do it. No matter how well you're conditioned and use quality footwear, feet, knees, and hips aren't going to hold up to that amount of abuse without rest.
Eh, he's already been beat to the punch:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ecord.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Grizalltheway wrote:
Screamin_Eagle174 wrote:Good luck to the guy, but I seriously doubt he'll be able to do it. No matter how well you're conditioned and use quality footwear, feet, knees, and hips aren't going to hold up to that amount of abuse without rest.
Eh, he's already been beat to the punch:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ecord.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The link was taking forever to load so if that's the Eddie Izzard thing my apologies but if not he did something similar a couple years back and he's a show biz guy by trade not necessarily a marathoner.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... sters.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Ursus A. Horribilis wrote:
Grizalltheway wrote:
Eh, he's already been beat to the punch:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ecord.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The link was taking forever to load so if that's the Eddie Izzard thing my apologies but if not he did something similar a couple years back and he's a show biz guy by trade not necessarily a marathoner.

[youtube][/youtube]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... sters.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Nah it's about a Belgian dude who ran 365 of 'em in a year.
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Grizalltheway wrote:
Ursus A. Horribilis wrote: The link was taking forever to load so if that's the Eddie Izzard thing my apologies but if not he did something similar a couple years back and he's a show biz guy by trade not necessarily a marathoner.

[youtube][/youtube]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... sters.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Nah it's about a Belgian dude who ran 365 of 'em in a year.
Well then, that one is gonna be tough to top. How about taking a vacation once in a while you mother fuckin' overachiever!
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Grizalltheway wrote:
Ursus A. Horribilis wrote: The link was taking forever to load so if that's the Eddie Izzard thing my apologies but if not he did something similar a couple years back and he's a show biz guy by trade not necessarily a marathoner.

[youtube][/youtube]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... sters.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Nah it's about a Belgian dude who ran 365 of 'em in a year.
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Grizalltheway wrote:
Screamin_Eagle174 wrote:Good luck to the guy, but I seriously doubt he'll be able to do it. No matter how well you're conditioned and use quality footwear, feet, knees, and hips aren't going to hold up to that amount of abuse without rest.
Eh, he's already been beat to the punch:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ecord.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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