# A marathon a day. All Year **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2013, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marathon-a-day-all-year/647053 "2013-01-13T08:08:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marathon-a-day-all-year/647053/1 "2013-01-13T08:08:09Z")
…is what this New Zealand couple is hoping to achieve in 2013. Oh, and they’re both over 60. And they’re going to be doing it on a raw vegan diet. :eek: [Link](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-01/couple-to-run-a-marathon-every-day/4449488) Now I will admit my first thought on reading this was “holy crap, they are so dead” - but it turns out, from their linked website, they have previously run the length of New Zealand - 51 marathons in 51 days. So…maybe? Still. Holy crap they are so going to _feel_ dead. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marathon-a-day-all-year/647053/2 "2013-01-13T08:44:12Z")
They’re Australians, not New Zealanders. Eddie Izzard managed something similar with no training. [43 marathons in 51 days.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Izzard#Activism) He was going to do another bunch in South Africa but [called it off](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18187088) due to “unforeseen medical complications.” ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marathon-a-day-all-year/647053/3 "2013-01-13T08:52:35Z")
The term for people like that is [ultrarunners](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15650031&postcount=18). There are more of them. Many have physical differences from the rest of us, so that doing this is easier for them then it would be for us. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marathon-a-day-all-year/647053/4 "2013-01-13T08:52:54Z")
If little old[vegetarian monks from Japan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaih%C5%8Dgy%C5%8D) can handle 200 days of daily 40km runs year after year, I think they’ll have no problem ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marathon-a-day-all-year/647053/5 "2013-01-13T08:56:22Z")
Wow! Those guys are hard core! > [@wikipedia](#): > > The selection process for the kaihōgyō is after the first 100 days of running, the gyōja (trainee monk) will petition the senior monks to complete the remaining 900 days. In the first 100 days, withdrawal from the challenge is possible, but from day 101 onwards the monk is no longer allowed to withdraw; he must either complete the course or take his own life. The mountain has many unmarked graves from those who have failed in their quest, although none date from either the 20th or 21st century. ---
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marathon-a-day-all-year/647053/6 "2013-01-13T20:10:39Z")
I hope they make it, but just don’t see it happening at all. ---
**Author:** ![And\_his\_buzzer\_goes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/and_his_buzzer_goes/32/377_2.png) [@And\_his\_buzzer\_goes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/And_his_buzzer_goes)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marathon-a-day-all-year/647053/7 "2013-01-14T09:28:18Z")
We have one of them over here : > **[Marathon : Origine & informations](https://www.marathonman365.be/)** > > Le marathon est et reste encore aujourd’hui une distance mythique, pour bon nombre de coureurs et de coureuses. > [@](#): > > Setting records, getting media attention and being an inspiration and motivation to other people. The first time was in 2008, when he completed 20 long-distance triathlons and made the Guinness Book of Records. And in 2010 by running a marathon every day. I was extremely impressed with his 20 triathlons in a year.