Eddie Izzard Running 27 Marathons In Honour Of Nelson Mandela

[Barefoot TJ]

Meant to share this sooner. Got lost in my Inbox.

Eddie Izzard Running 27 Marathons In Honour Of Nelson Mandela

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...s-around-South-Africa-for-Nelson-Mandela.html

and

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/ed...marathons-in-honour-of-nelson-mandela_1327261

 

[Midlife Crisis]

Yeah, was gonna post about this too.
If anyone doesn't know about Eddie, he's a British cross-dressing comedian who ran 43 marathons in 51 days back in 2009, for charity, after very little training. Watching him do that was my inspiration to take up running.

Since then, he's got into barefoot running, and is planning to run his latest endeavor of 27 marathons in 27 days barefoot as much as possible. His adventure is being filmed for a documentary that will be aired on mainstream UK TV, so his barefoot antics are going to get some serious public exposure here.

He begins his first run today (May 15th), and if you're interested in his progress, follow him on twitter: @eddieizzard

 

[JosephTree]

A bit OTT, but more power to him. Some folks are just naturally more ambitious than others, I guess.

 

[Neil_D]

I saw the doco of his run around the UK, incredible, the guy must have a very high pain threshold. Hopefully his feet should be in better shape than they were after he ran the first few marathons in shoes, they looked horrible then.

Neil

 

[JosephTree]

Neil, any chance of your posting a link to one of his UK run docos? I'm faskinated.

 

[Neil_D]

Hi Joseph,
Try on Youtube look for Eddie Izzard Marathon Man. I grabbed some copies off the net.