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I don't think this guy's gonna make it to NYC but if he does I'm going to personally
congratulate him.
Andrew....
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/7270311?source=Evening%20Standard
Sir Ranulph: I'm ready for seven marathons By Paul Sims, Evening Standard 21 October 2003 Sir
Ranulph Fiennes today spoke of the challenge facing him in his attempt to run seven marathons in
seven days, each on a different continent.
The 59-year-old, who underwent an emergency heart bypass operation in June, said he is acutely aware
of the risks.
He said: "The idea strikes some people as mad. I prefer to think of it as daunting, chiefly
because I have never even run two marathons on successive days and am therefore uncertain how
difficult it will be."
Sir Ranulph is undergoing final preparations for the record attempt and will begin his incredible
journey on Sunday.
He told The Times: "What I am certain of is this: each day will hurt more than the last. With each
marathon total exhaustion will set in earlier, and each time we confront it the risk of major
injury, and failure, will increase.
"It does not help to have suffered a severe heart attack four months ago. Such episodes can be
relied upon to interrupt most human activities, but none more effectively, it seems, than the months
of conditioning needed to prepare the body for what we are attempting."
He added: "At times like this I am often asked: why bother? I'm not given to introspection, however,
and my usual answer is the most honest I can give. This kind of challenge is my job, and I'm not yet
a pensioner - not quite."
He will set off with his former Antarctic trekking partner Dr Mike Stroud, running 26.2 miles over
snow and permafrost on King George Island at the north end of the Antarctic Peninsula.
In rapid succession he hopes to do marathons in Santiago, Sydney, Singapore, London, Cairo and New
York. Once the stopwatch starts they will have 168 hours to run 183.4 miles and fly 45,000 miles.
congratulate him.
Andrew....
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/7270311?source=Evening%20Standard
Sir Ranulph: I'm ready for seven marathons By Paul Sims, Evening Standard 21 October 2003 Sir
Ranulph Fiennes today spoke of the challenge facing him in his attempt to run seven marathons in
seven days, each on a different continent.
The 59-year-old, who underwent an emergency heart bypass operation in June, said he is acutely aware
of the risks.
He said: "The idea strikes some people as mad. I prefer to think of it as daunting, chiefly
because I have never even run two marathons on successive days and am therefore uncertain how
difficult it will be."
Sir Ranulph is undergoing final preparations for the record attempt and will begin his incredible
journey on Sunday.
He told The Times: "What I am certain of is this: each day will hurt more than the last. With each
marathon total exhaustion will set in earlier, and each time we confront it the risk of major
injury, and failure, will increase.
"It does not help to have suffered a severe heart attack four months ago. Such episodes can be
relied upon to interrupt most human activities, but none more effectively, it seems, than the months
of conditioning needed to prepare the body for what we are attempting."
He added: "At times like this I am often asked: why bother? I'm not given to introspection, however,
and my usual answer is the most honest I can give. This kind of challenge is my job, and I'm not yet
a pensioner - not quite."
He will set off with his former Antarctic trekking partner Dr Mike Stroud, running 26.2 miles over
snow and permafrost on King George Island at the north end of the Antarctic Peninsula.
In rapid succession he hopes to do marathons in Santiago, Sydney, Singapore, London, Cairo and New
York. Once the stopwatch starts they will have 168 hours to run 183.4 miles and fly 45,000 miles.
