7 Marathons in 7 days

[AlMorr]

What do you think of Kevin Sinfield who ran 7 marathons in 7 days for the charity Motor Neuron Disease, what a wonderful achievement, congratulations to Kevin

[Instructor57]

It was, an amazing achievement !

And no rest days ! 😂

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Instructor57]

All the runs were sub 4 hours.

[Instructor57 in reply to AlMorr]

I know ! Unbelievable 😳🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Instructor57]

Not exactly sure what the 7 times were but on BBC Breakfast News they said all his runs were run in under 4 hours.

I am not sure if I could run 7/5Ks in 7 days, let alone a marathon every day of the week. 😊 🏃🏾

[misswobble Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Ruddy eck! 😳😃

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to misswobble]

I am not sure if I could run 7/5K's in 7 days, I might try that sometime.

[misswobble Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Good idea ! Give it a go 😃👍

[Birdlady64]

What an inspiration! Totally awesome achievement and dedication to raise such an amazing amount of money for a cause that clearly means so much.

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Birdlady64]

Sadly there have been a few rugby players with that disease, I think they should wear protective headgear like in baseball.

[Birdlady64 in reply to AlMorr]

Yes. There is a similar thing with rugby union players and dementia. There's a group of players who are bringing a law suit alleging lack of care by the games authorities.One if them, Richard Thompson is 42 and played in every England match when they won the 2003 World Cup, but can no longer remember any of those games.

Very sad.

And of course something similar in football with heading the ball.

And boxing...

And....

Thank goodness we are runners

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Birdlady64]

They are seriously thinking of banning children at football from using their head in junior football.

[Birdlady64 in reply to AlMorr]

Probably a good thing.Heaven only knows what it must have been like in the rain and in the days when balls were made of leather

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Quite amazing!!!

[AlMorr Half Marathon]

Amazing indeed, he ran them all sub 4 hours.

[Hidden]

Totally awesome and inspiring 😃

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Hidden]

Very awesome, he has inspired many people by running all those 7 marathons.

[misswobble Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Can you recall Eddie Izzard’s marathon feat? 29 in 29. The film documentary of his adventure was very good

[Buddy34 Half Marathon]

Isn't he just amazing AlMorr. So inspiring 👏👏

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Buddy34]

He is very amazing, he has now raised £1.2 million for his former teammate Rob Burrow who has Motor Neuron Disease.

[Decker Ultramarathon]

Just amazing! My old run leader did huge feats like this every year. Last year he ran (to support homeless shelters) from Toronto to Boston 875 km in 2 weeks and then ran the Boston marathon. 2 weeks of 60k days. That will never cease to blow my mind.

runningmagazine.ca/sections...

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Decker]

You always admire a runner who runs a ultra marathon of around 50 miles, but I think people who run a HM or a longer distance every day like Kevin or your old run leader running 875Km in 2 weeks, 60K a day then the Boston Marathon is amazing, that's what I call super fit

[Outdoorsy19 Half Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Superhuman!

[Decker Ultramarathon in reply to AlMorr]

It reminds you that nothing is impossible!

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Decker]

👍 🏃🏾

[MccHa Half Marathon]

Amazing achievement Al 👍 just it shows Nothing is impossible 👏👏👏 hope I can do just 1 one day 😂😂😂

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to MccHa]

It all starts with that 1 minute run of week 1 of C25K, then you graduated running around your ship, you then ran 10K, 10 miles and have now ran a half marathon. I remember our friend Irish John saying that a marathon "is a beast" compared to 10 miles or even a HM, however, he has now ran a marathon and so could you one day in the future if you really want to.

[Decker Ultramarathon in reply to AlMorr]

It’s true. The key is building a deep habit. Small chunks each day.

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Decker]

He is a Rugby League player, that's a much harder and faster paced game than Rugby Union, many Rugby League players can run 100m in 12 seconds so he had plenty of stamina.

[MccHa Half Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

C25K been a memorable journey for me and I’m so glad I took that 1st run 🏃‍♂️ Stuck onboard in the Far East thank you COVID-19 👍I’m still running and enjoying every run , all crew onboard never seen anybody runs so much onboard a ship before 😂😂😂

As you said, one run at a time till I achieve the Marathon 💪

Not that far off 🤞🤞🤞

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to MccHa]

Do you intend to run your first marathon on ship or wait until your next leave and run it where you ran your first Half Marathon?

[MccHa Half Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Yes , I think I will wait till my next leave and go on the same route twice 🤞🤞🤞as the ship not that long enough 😂😂😂 and going rounds and rounds same deck gets boring on long runs 😂

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon]

Incredible 💪 I just want to know what he ate!

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

They do eat a special diet before any of those runners set out on those long runs, what you eat before you run a half marathon will be a bit like what a marathon runner eats but perhaps a bit more.

[Cmoi Marathon]

Should anybody wish to donate, the link is here: justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

[dijep]

Totally amazing achievement

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to dijep]

Not many people can run two marathons in two days, let alone 7 in 7 days

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

Absolutely amazing, but I won’t be trying it myself. 😂😂

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

I don't see me doing that either, however, this morning I had, would you believe it, a PB, on recent Wednesdays I have been running a 8K, usually in just a teeny bit over a hour, today I ran 8K in 56.52, that's 5 seconds quicker than 2 weeks ago's 56.57, I might try for a 10K next Wednesday..

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

Well done Al🏃‍♂️👏👏

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Thank you Dexy5, the next 2 Saturdays will see me running Damienair's 39th and 40th virtual 5K parkruns, as its near Christmas I will be running in my red Santa hat and Reindeer Santa jumper, the music 🎶 will be all 🤶, Christmas, this Saturday songs like Slades Merry Xmas, Driving Home for Christmas etc, the second Saturday, my 40th virtual parkrun I will be running to traditional Christmas Carols, all that music 🎶 are from two Spotify Christmas playlists I have.

I have found over the last few weeks that I seem to run faster with music than when I have my metromone app, this morning I had music with my 8K.personal best, not the metronome app. 😊 🏃🏾

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to AlMorr]

That sounds like fun. I hope you will post a picture Al

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

I am hoping to get a photo with my neighbours dog Holly, I will get my neighbour to take the photo on my Smartphone.

[Lordi Marathon]

Wow, that's good going!

Another feat I came across on Youtube is Eddie Izzard's 1 month of daily marathons in South Africa. Eddie's feat was remarkable due to him not being an "accomplished" 😂 runner nor very fast or springbok-like (and not being fit enough either in the early days). True grit and determination... A great example to those of us struggling towards a running goal. The series of videos is very entertaining too - youtu.be/RQA-1xE-QXQ(Not working as expected?)

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Lordi]

What got me about this was how Eddie ran holding those flags 😂😉

[misswobble Marathon in reply to roseabi]

I’d just mentioned him above. This was awesome. Great documentary after the event. I loved it It spoke volumes about the man

He also did/does ? Charity bike rides, one of which saw him pitch up in my town one lunchtime, alone and unannounced. He asked a group of school kids on lunch break where to get some decent grub. They took him back to their school and fed him. Bless em 😃. I have his “Glorious” CD which is very funny 😁

[Beatlesforever]

That's incredible, hats off to Kevin! I hope he raised a ton of money for such a worthy cause 👏👏👏

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Beatlesforever]

He has, over £1.2 million have been raised.

[Beatlesforever in reply to AlMorr]

Fabulous!

[Tbae Metric Marathon]

Yes well done Kevin.Fantastic achievement and a great cause.🌟

What about the Iron Cowboy 50:50:50.

Human Endurance.Unbelievable 50 triathlons,50 states,50 days.

He also presented at the TED lectures what a motivational and humble guy.

Just mind blowing.

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Tbae]

Amazing Tbae to do 50 triathlons in 50 days no matter where it is.

[Tbae Metric Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

All the travelling across the USA included.

Unbelievable Alan.

🌟👏👏💪🙏