British actor and comedian Eddie Izzard is serious about raising money for Sport Relief, a fundraising organization that donates money raised to impoverished people in the UK and abroad.├é┬á The comic is going to run over 1000 miles over 7 weeks in hopes of raising money.├é┬á That’s a ridiculous 30 miles a day – more than marathon length.├é┬á To top it off, Izzard’s publicist, Karon Maskill, describes him as “not a runner,” but says that this is “an idea that’s been bubbling for 10 years.”
The funnyman only began training 4 weeks ago and has already incurred minor injuries, including hamstring and shin troubles during training, as well as whatever’s going on with his knee today.├é┬á
Loco!!!
Izzard is trailed by an ice cream van which gives out ice cream in hopes of garnering donations, and a camper van with two tents and a sports therapist.
We’re all for raising money for charity and whatnot, but this is crazy!├é┬á People train for months to run marathons and he’s planning on running more than a marathon day after day after day.├é┬á That’s just flat out not good for your body – no one is meant to run that much.├é┬áHis poor knees! Does he seriously think he can do that?├é┬á Or is he just trying to get attention?
Either way, it’s an admirable cause.├é┬á
Click here to sponsor Eddie in his crazy cross-country endeavor!
[Image via WENN.]
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