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The Briton managed to run 365 marathons in 365 days.

Gary McKee, 53, ran his 365th marathon of the year in winter rain on Saturday. | Fountain: Facebook/Gary McKee

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In the last hours of 2022 British achieved the goal year: Raise a million pounds to fight cancer by running 365 marathons in 365 days.

Gary McKeeThe 53-year-old ran his 365th race in winter rain on Saturday. marathon year, which is a total of 15,330 kilometers, received by a small group of people who went to support him near his home.

Father of a family with three children, living in St. Cleator Moorein the North West of England, reached its financial target in a few hours, reaching the amount of one million pounds (1.13 million euros) on the afternoon of the last day of the year in favor of the association. Macmillan Cancer Support. The counter continued to rise on Sunday.

“Wow,” he tweeted on Saturday afternoon.

This is not the first task. Mackey for charities who has already cycled through Brazil, climbed Kilimanjaro and rowed the equivalent distance across the English Channel. In 2017 he ran 100 marathons in 100 days and in 2021 he ran 110 marathons in 110 days.

This year the level has grown significantly, for which he needed 22 pairs sneakers. Many anonymous runners and even athletes, such as English rugby coach Kevin Sinfield, joined their races, often in the morning and worked at the nuclear waste treatment plant in the afternoon.

“The streets were full of people, it was raining, but everyone was clapping and shouting,” he told the BBC after the arrival of his 365th marathon of the year. “I will always remember.”

Mackey He indicated to the specialized site runnersworld.com that he was not interested in the possible approval of his achievement as a record. “It’s not important records but to help people.”

(AFP)


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