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Gary McKee helped raise over $1.2 million for charity by running 9,563 miles.
A man who wanted to honor his late father decided to run a marathon every day in 2022 in the hope of raising roughly $1.2 million for charity — both of which he accomplished in exactly one year.
Gary McKee, a 53-year-old from Cumbria, England, and a father of three, completed a challenge that many might never dare to try: 365 marathons in 365 days.
I knew a guy who did 50 marathons in a year to celebrate his 50th birthday He had never done a marathon before. That was impressive. And he did some of them in times like 2:45, so he wasn't jogging. Wrote a book on it, "Spaghetti every Friday." I know he was still doing them at least in his 70s and maybe his 80s.
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I knew a guy who did 50 marathons in a year to celebrate his 50th birthday He had never done a marathon before. That was impressive. And he did some of them in times like 2:45, so he wasn't jogging. Wrote a book on it, "Spaghetti every Friday." I know he was still doing them at least in his 70s and maybe his 80s.
But once a week is a far cry from every day.
Not saying it is impossible, but highly unlikely he ran a 2:45 in his first marathon at age 50. Even more unlikely that he ran more than one under 3 hours if he did 50 marathons in one year. Running more than two marathons a year is not recommended. I don't know how that guy possibly ran a marathon every day for a year. He averaged 4 hours and 3 minutes for all 365 marathons, but he was averageing 3:43 for the first six months. Looking at his picture, I'll be he aged a great deal in that year.
Gary McKee helped raise over $1.2 million for charity by running 9,563 miles.
A man who wanted to honor his late father decided to run a marathon every day in 2022 in the hope of raising roughly $1.2 million for charity — both of which he accomplished in exactly one year.
Gary McKee, a 53-year-old from Cumbria, England, and a father of three, completed a challenge that many might never dare to try: 365 marathons in 365 days.
It looks like he is having a blast. The time of his life. He is with different groups of people and has his family cheering him on. If he has the capability to do that everyday, then more power to him.
As far as his knees or whatever in the future, I think the biggest thing in life is no regrets. No one knows when their last day is, so why worry about that, and he is doing something that brings him happiness.
Not saying it is impossible, but highly unlikely he ran a 2:45 in his first marathon at age 50. Even more unlikely that he ran more than one under 3 hours if he did 50 marathons in one year. Running more than two marathons a year is not recommended. I don't know how that guy possibly ran a marathon every day for a year. He averaged 4 hours and 3 minutes for all 365 marathons, but he was averageing 3:43 for the first six months. Looking at his picture, I'll be he aged a great deal in that year.
I knew the guy. I misspoke on my earlier post. His first marathon was in his mid-40s. He ran a few and then decided to do 50 for his 50th birthday year. He didn't run a 2:45 in his first marathon, but he ran several at that pace during that year he ran 50.
And into his 50s he would still sometimes run 2:40s. I ran 8 marathons and he ran in 7 of those, so I know that the times in his book weren't fiction. He did roughly a 3:05 at Boston in his mid-50s the year I went to Boston.
I knew the guy. I misspoke on my earlier post. His first marathon was in his mid-40s. He ran a few and then decided to do 50 for his 50th birthday year. He didn't run a 2:45 in his first marathon, but he ran several at that pace during that year he ran 50.
And into his 50s he would still sometimes run 2:40s. I ran 8 marathons and he ran in 7 of those, so I know that the times in his book weren't fiction. He did roughly a 3:05 at Boston in his mid-50s the year I went to Boston.
That would be an elite, but not world record time for his age group. Here are the top over 50 marathon times:
Time Athlete Nationality
2:20:28 Jack Foster New Zealand
2:22:14 Piet vanAlphen Netherlands
2:25:19 Erik Östbye Sweden
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